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Work & commute in Concord · A commuter town

98% of Concord’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Concord for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (41%), Dublin (11%) and Liberty (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
2%
125 of 5,901 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
32 min
More than OH (23 min)
Work from home
36%
More than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
1,181
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Concord?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
243 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Concord32 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
36%

of Concord workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10

How Concord ranks on commute time →

The commute map

41% of working residents work in Columbus

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Shawnee HillsPowellWorthington: 83 residents work here (1%)Hilliard: 131 residents work here (2%)MarionWesterville: 194 residents work here (3%)Marysville: 88 residents work here (1%)Dublin: 637 residents work here (11%)Delaware: 184 residents work here (3%)Columbus: 2,404 residents work here (41%)MillcreekOrange: 128 residents work here (2%)DelawareLiberty: 213 residents work here (4%)ConcordJeromeSciotoColumbusDublinLibertyWestervilleDelawareHilliardConcord
1
Columbus18.3 mi away
41%2,404
2
Dublin7.4 mi away
11%637
3
Liberty4 mi away
4%213
4
Westerville14 mi away
3%194
5
Delaware5.9 mi away
3%184
6
Hilliard12.8 mi away
2%131
7
Orange8.6 mi away
2%128
8
Concord (in town)right here
2%119
9
Marysville10.5 mi away
1%88
10
Worthington10.8 mi away
1%83
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%1,720
The top trips

Where Concord clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Concord quiets down on a workday

On a workday 5,776 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 1,056 people come in from elsewhere.

5,776live here, work elsewhere
125live and work here
1,056work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night12,000
Workday7,200
12,000live here− 5,800head out to work+ 1,100come in to work= 7,200on a workday

About 7,200 people are in Concord on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Concord commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miColumbus: 41% · 18.3 miDublin: 11% · 7.4 miLiberty: 4% · 4 miWesterville: 3% · 14 miDelaware: 3% · 5.9 miHilliard: 2% · 12.8 miOrange: 2% · 8.6 miMarysville: 1% · 10.5 miWorthington: 1% · 10.8 miColumbus 41%Dublin 11%Liberty 4%Westerville 3%Delaware 3%Concord
ConcordTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi2,011 residents
49%10–24 mi2,911 residents
5%25–50 mi274 residents
12%Over 50 mi700 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 1,181 jobs in Concord are

1,181 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 ConcordJobs Concord residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms14%11%
Trade, transport & utilities16%17%
Services: health, schools, offices70%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%14%
Over $3,333 a month55%74%

Who does it

29 or younger30%16%
30 to 5451%58%
55 and older19%25%
+1%

Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 1,173 → 1,181. 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.

Next door

18% of Concord works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Dublin (11%). Darker towns draw more of Concord’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
Beyond the commute

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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.

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