Work & commute · Concordia

Work & commute in Concordia, KS

43% of Concordia’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Salina (11%), Belleville (4%) and Wichita (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

878 of 2,032 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,154 Concordia residents head out of town to work, 878 work right here, and 1,242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Concordia.

1,154live here, work elsewhere

878live and work here

1,242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Concordia goes to work

Concordia (in town)right here

43%878

Salina52.1 mi away

11%215

Belleville17.8 mi away

4%79

Wichita130.7 mi away

3%67

Beloit25.6 mi away

3%56

Manhattan61.4 mi away

3%55

Lincoln0.6 mi away

3%53

Topeka110.6 mi away

2%46

Hutchinson104.8 mi away

1%27

Clay Center30.5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%530

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

How far

How far Concordia commutes

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

47%

37%

47%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Concordia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Concordia are

2,120 jobs are based in Concordia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Concordia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Concordia

2,120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Concordia residents hold

2,032 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−14%

Jobs based in Concordia, 2013 → 2023: 2,454 → 2,120. 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.