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Jobs & commute in Concord Township

Concord Township’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns

For 36% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. The poverty rate is 3.4%; Ohio has 13.3%. Concord Township grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Concord Township at work: what stands out

Home offices are common in Concord Township

36% of Concord Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓

Concord Township and Columbus trade workers both ways

Columbus is the top workplace for Concord Township residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Concord Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Concord Township workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓

Concord Township is a place people come home to

There are 1,181 jobs based in Concord Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Concord Township has about 7,700 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

The better-paid jobs are outside Concord Township

74% of Concord Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Concord Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.

Jobs & income grade

Income, poverty and work: Concord Township’s grade explained

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Concord Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #99 of 992 in Ohio. Household income is its strongest input ($153,941, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.

Household income $153,941 (±$17,521) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 95% of U.S. towns
Poverty 3.4% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 90% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 3.9% (±2.1) · OH 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 55% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 84% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 992 towns#99 of 992
A−A+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Concord Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Time on the road from Concord Township: about 32 minutes

A year of commuting
243 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Concord Township32 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
36%

of Concord Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Concord Township gets to work
97%Drive alone
2%Carpool

Share of the 3,563 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

The commute map

41% of working residents work in Columbus

Shawnee HillsPowellWorthington: 83 residents work here (1%)Hilliard: 131 residents work here (2%)MarionWesterville: 194 residents work here (3%)Marysville: 88 residents work here (1%)Dublin: 637 residents work here (11%)Delaware: 184 residents work here (3%)Columbus: 2,404 residents work here (41%)Millcreek TownshipOrange Township: 128 residents work here (2%)Delaware TownshipLiberty Township: 213 residents work here (4%)Concord TownshipJerome TownshipScioto TownshipColumbusDublinLiberty TownshipWestervilleDelawareHilliardConcord Township
1
Columbus18.3 mi away
41%2,404
2
Dublin7.4 mi away
11%637
34%213
4
Westerville14 mi away
3%194
5
Delaware5.9 mi away
3%184
6
Hilliard12.8 mi away
2%131
7
Orange Township8.6 mi away
2%128
8
Concord Township (in town)right here
2%119
9
Marysville10.5 mi away
1%88
10
Worthington10.8 mi away
1%83
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%1,720
The top trips

Where Concord Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Day and night

Who works in Concord Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 5,776 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 1,056 people come in from elsewhere.

5,776live here, work elsewhere
125live and work here
1,056work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night12,000
Workday7,700
12,000live here− 5,800head out to work+ 1,100come in to work= 7,700on a workday

About 7,700 people are in Concord Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The jobs

Inside Concord Township’s 1,181 jobs

Jobs based in Concord TownshipJobs Concord Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms14%11%
Trade, transport & utilities16%17%
Services: health, schools, offices70%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%14%
Over $3,333 a month55%74%

Who does it

29 or younger30%16%
30 to 5451%58%
55 and older19%25%
+1%

Jobs based in Concord Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,173 → 1,181. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Concord Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Where in the region Concord Township works

10 mi25 mi30 miColumbus: 41% · 18.3 miDublin: 11% · 7.4 miLiberty Township: 4% · 4 miWesterville: 3% · 14 miDelaware: 3% · 5.9 miHilliard: 2% · 12.8 miOrange Township: 2% · 8.6 miMarysville: 1% · 10.5 miWorthington: 1% · 10.8 miColumbus 41%Dublin 11%Liberty Township 4%Westerville 3%Delaware 3%Concord Township
Concord TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi2,011 residents
49%10–24 mi2,911 residents
5%25–50 mi274 residents
12%Over 50 mi702 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Most of Concord Township commutes by car

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #887 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.

EPA walkability index 5.6 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 29% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.0% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 993 towns#887 of 993
DD

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,520 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.

Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020

Columbus4.6
Concord Township0.0

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Concord Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Concord Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Concord Township places 272nd of 2,354 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Des Peres MO9,102$224K2.0%0.5%5%A+
2Beverly Hills MI10,449$177K1.7%1.6%3%A+
3New Albany OH11,803$238K1.4%0.9%11%A+
4Plain Township OH13,257$219K2.1%0.8%10%A+
…
9Jerome Township OH11,237$176K0.4%0.7%3%A+
…
270East Longmeadow MA16,581$107K3.8%2.9%14%A
271Wilbraham MA14,715$122K4.6%2.5%11%A
272Concord Township OH12,448$154K3.4%3.9%2%A
273North Haledon NJ9,089$125K3.3%4.6%6%A
274Rye NY16,614$240K2.7%5.4%10%A
…
2,354Douglas AZ16,038$42K27.8%12.3%29%D−

Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.

Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Concord Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.

Next door

Concord Township and its neighbors: 18% work next door

The biggest share goes to Dublin (11%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownConcord Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Concord Township–AD32 min$153,941
Shawnee Hillsunder 2%——27 min—
Liberty Township4%A+B27 min$186,707
Dublin11%A+B23 min$160,296
Scioto Townshipunder 2%A+C−28 min$158,920
Delaware Townshipunder 2%A−B−21 min$75,000
Millcreek Townshipunder 2%A+B−23 min$151,434
Jerome Townshipunder 2%A+D29 min$175,797
Delaware3%A−B+26 min$99,786

Same-state neighbors only. Shawnee Hills: the same community as the shawnee hills cdp of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Concord Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Concord Township: questions

What is the median household income in Concord Township?

$153,941 (±$17,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Concord Township?

3.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Concord Township?

32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Concord Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (41%, 18 mi), Dublin (11%, 7 mi), Liberty Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Concord Township walkable?

Concord Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Concord Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Concord Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Concord Township

Concord Township home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.