Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Concord has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Concord C−; getting around on foot earns it C. Concord has 183 jobs, against 440 working residents. For 9% of workers, the job is at home (Vermont 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Concord’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Concord is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Concord’s grade up ($73,304, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Concord’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Concord could be anywhere from D to C.
In and out of Concord on a workday
On a workday 411 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Concord on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in St. Johnsbury
Where Concord clocks in
16% of workers
12% of workers
9% of workersLines 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.
What Concord’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 183. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Concord’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concord workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 464 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
How far it is to work from Concord
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Few in Concord walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 508 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
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Concord households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Concord’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Concord is 2,975th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 464 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 595 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 769 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,973 | Blossburg PA | 1,496 | $69K | 13.2% | 5.1% | 7% | C− |
| 2,974 | New Lyme Township OH | 1,026 | $55K | 13.2% | 7.2% | 1% | C− |
| 2,975 | Concord VT | 1,159 | $73K | 13.2% | 1.7% | 7% | C− |
| 2,976 | St. Michaels AZ | 1,142 | $66K | 13.9% | 12.7% | 33% | C− |
| 2,977 | Madison MN | 1,504 | $61K | 9.9% | 2.6% | 28% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Concord and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Littleton (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Concord workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | – | C− | C | 27 min | $73,304 |
| Lunenburg | 3% | D | D | 30 min | $53,125 |
| Waterford | under 3% | B− | C | 24 min | $109,375 |
| Victory | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Kirby | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Victory and Kirby: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Concord’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Concord: questions
What is the median household income in Concord?
$73,304 (±$9,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concord?
13.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concord?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concord work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johnsbury (16%, 9 mi), Littleton (12%, 7 mi), Lyndon (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Concord walkable?
Concord is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concord without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Concord, from the people who make the trip.
More of Concord
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.