Work & commute · Concord

Work & commute in Concord, CA

Most working residents leave Concord for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (11%), Walnut Creek (9%) and Oakland (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

7,108 of 52,454 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45,346 Concord residents head out of town to work, 7,108 work right here, and 46,901 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Concord.

45,346live here, work elsewhere

7,108live and work here

46,901work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Concord goes to work

Concord (in town)right here

14%7,108

San Francisco58.7 mi away

11%5,893

Walnut Creek5.3 mi away

9%4,770

Oakland18.6 mi away

6%3,013

Martinez6.4 mi away

3%1,675

Pleasant Hill4.3 mi away

3%1,446

San Jose47.8 mi away

2%1,285

San Ramon14.7 mi away

2%1,151

Pleasanton22.1 mi away

2%924

Berkeley17.8 mi away

2%904

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%24,285

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Concord commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

30%

22%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Concord is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Concord are

54,009 jobs are based in Concord. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Concord’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Concord

54,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Concord residents hold

52,454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+11%

Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 48,495 → 54,009. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.