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Jobs & commute in Concord Township

Concord Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Concord Township has 55 jobs, against 608 working residents. The two grades for Concord Township are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any work in Concord Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (10%, 38 miles).

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

What stands out · In brief

Work in Concord Township: the figures worth knowing

Concord Township is a place people come home to

There are 55 jobs based in Concord Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Concord Township has about 800 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Concord Township’s biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Concord Township is Pittsburgh, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (62) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

Concord Township workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓

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; with 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

Jobs & income grade

What drives the Jobs & income grade in Concord Township

On income, poverty and job access, Concord Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Concord Township’s grade.

Household income $65,402 (±$7,990) · PA $77,971 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 35% of U.S. towns
Poverty 15.4% · PA 11.7% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 26% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 33% of U.S. towns

Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Concord Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.

DC+

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

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who commutes out of Concord Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 602 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.

602live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
49work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,400
Workday800
1,400live here− 600head out to work+ 49come in to work= 800on a workday

About 800 people are in Concord Township on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

How far

Miles to work from Concord Township

10 mi25 mi45 miPittsburgh: 10% · 38 miButler Township: 10% · 10.2 miButler: 8% · 8.8 miClay Township: 6% · 5.4 miCherry Township: 5% · 7.7 miCenter Township: 3% · 6.4 miSummit Township: 2% · 8.7 miSlippery Rock Township: 1% · 12.2 miCranberry Township: 1% · 23.6 miNew Castle: 1% · 27 miPittsburgh 10%Butler Township 10%Butler 8%Clay Township 6%Cherry Township 5%Concord Township
Concord TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi174 residents
30%10–24 mi182 residents
30%25–50 mi184 residents
11%Over 50 mi68 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.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Concord Township: about 33 minutes

A year of commuting
250 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Concord Township33 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

of Concord Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Concord Township gets to work
93%Drive alone
7%Carpool

Share of the 556 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% 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

Out of Concord Township to work: where people go

West SunburyPetroliaCatasauquaAmbridgeButler: 49 residents work here (8%)New Castle: 7 residents work here (1%)Pittsburgh: 62 residents work here (10%)Butler Township: 61 residents work here (10%)Slippery Rock Township: 9 residents work here (1%)Summit Township: 15 residents work here (2%)Washington TownshipConcord TownshipClay Township: 34 residents work here (6%)Oakland TownshipCenter Township: 16 residents work here (3%)Fairview TownshipCranberry Township: 8 residents work here (1%)Cherry Township: 31 residents work here (5%)PittsburghButler TownshipButlerClay TownshipCherry TownshipCenter TownshipConcord Township
1
Pittsburgh38 mi away
10%62
2
Butler Township10.2 mi away
10%61
3
Butler8.8 mi away
8%49
4
Clay Township5.4 mi away
6%34
5
Cherry Township7.7 mi away
5%31
6
Center Township6.4 mi away
3%16
7
Summit Township8.7 mi away
2%15
81%9
9
Cranberry Township23.6 mi away
1%8
10
New Castle27 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%316
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.

The jobs

What Concord Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Concord TownshipJobs Concord Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms24%21%
Trade, transport & utilities31%21%
Services: health, schools, offices45%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%25%
Over $3,333 a month38%61%

Who does it

29 or younger13%23%
30 to 5442%51%
55 and older45%26%
−11%

Jobs based in Concord Township, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 55. 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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

In Concord Township, the car does most of the work

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Concord Township near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 3.7 of 20 · typical PA town 6.7 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 6% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.0% of commuters · PA 8.6% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
D−D−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 617 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Concord Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Concord Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

For jobs and income, Concord Township is 3,494th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Somerset MD1,151$250K1.9%2.3%<1%A+
2Bellerose NY1,169$232K1.6%6.1%1%A+
3Baxter Estates NY1,014$154K1.0%3.1%1%A+
…
12Bryn Athyn PA1,304$143K0.3%2.6%16%A+
…
17Rose Valley PA1,017$247K2.9%1.5%1%A+
…
33Bradford Woods PA1,126$153K1.9%1.4%2%A+
…
3,492Farm Island Township MN1,050$68K9.7%0.0%1%C−
3,493Riley Township OH1,106$62K17.5%7.6%2%C−
3,494Concord Township PA1,354$65K15.4%4.5%1%C−
3,495Ashland Township PA1,092$79K16.4%0.6%<1%C−
3,496St. John KS1,200$74K12.1%1.9%20%C−
…
5,400Oglala SD1,071$21K68.8%26.5%0%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 Pennsylvania.

Next door

Around Concord Township: the bordering towns

The biggest share goes to Clay Township (6%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Clay Township30 min
Fairview Township31 min
Concord Township33 min
Oakland Township33 min
Washington Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownConcord Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Concord Township–C−D−33 min$65,402
Fairview Townshipunder 2%C+D31 min$83,438
Oakland Townshipunder 2%C+C+33 min$74,318
Clay Township6%BC+30 min$83,661
Washington Townshipunder 2%CC+34 min$64,167

Same-state neighbors only. 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?

$65,402 (±$7,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Concord Township?

15.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Concord Township?

33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Concord Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (10%, 38 mi), Butler Township (10%, 10 mi), Butler (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Concord Township walkable?

Concord Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 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 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
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.