Work & commute · Concord

Work & commute in Concord, MO

Most working residents leave Concord for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (20%), Maryland Heights (4%) and Creve Coeur (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

247 of 8,266 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,019 Concord residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 5,726 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Concord.

8,019live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

5,726work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Concord goes to work

St. Louis10.3 mi away

20%1,621

Maryland Heights15.6 mi away

4%362

Creve Coeur11.5 mi away

4%343

Chesterfield16 mi away

4%325

Clayton9.2 mi away

4%306

Concord (in town)right here

3%247

Sunset Hills3.4 mi away

2%206

Mehlville2.1 mi away

2%187

Fenton5.5 mi away

2%183

Sappington1.6 mi away

2%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%4,326

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.

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Concord is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Concord are

5,973 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

5,973 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Concord residents hold

8,266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

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Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 6,000 → 5,973. 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.