Work & commute · Concordia

Work & commute in Concordia, MO

About one in 5 of Concordia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (15%), Warrensburg (6%) and Higginsville (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

195 of 936 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 741 Concordia residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 925 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Concordia.

741live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

925work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Concordia goes to work

Concordia (in town)right here

21%195

Kansas City53.5 mi away

15%136

Warrensburg17.6 mi away

6%53

Higginsville10 mi away

5%49

Lee's Summit44.1 mi away

3%24

Odessa21.3 mi away

2%23

Blue Springs37.5 mi away

2%22

Independence42.6 mi away

2%20

Lexington20.9 mi away

2%17

Overland Park, KS60.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%382

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.

30%

19%

17%

34%

30%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Concordia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Concordia are

1,120 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

1,120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Concordia residents hold

936 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+8%

Jobs based in Concordia, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 1,120. 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.