Work & commute · Concord

Work & commute in Concord, VA

Most working residents leave Concord for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lynchburg (35%), Rustburg (5%) and Appomattox (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 608 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 601 Concord residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 481 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Concord.

601live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

481work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Concord goes to work

Lynchburg12.3 mi away

35%213

Rustburg8.2 mi away

5%31

Appomattox8.6 mi away

4%22

Forest16.3 mi away

3%20

Madison Heights10 mi away

2%11

Timberlake14.6 mi away

2%10

Altavista22.5 mi away

1%8

Roanoke53.8 mi away

1%8

Danville57.7 mi away

1%8

Concord (in town)right here

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%270

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.

23%

48%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Concord is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Concord are

488 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

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Concord residents hold

608 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+30%

Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 488. 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.