Concord Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Concord, North Carolina: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Concord: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Concord spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 198 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 1.9 minutes.

Concord holds about 0.9% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Concord would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,457 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Concord	23.8 min	47.6 min	198 hrs/yr	$6,143	3,096
North Carolina	21.9 min	43.7 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,645	1,609
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Concord Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.8 minutes to get to work in Concord. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Concord

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Concord: 1189.4 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Concord: 155.2 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Concord, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Concord get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Taxi	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	94.1%	3.6%	0.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	94.2%	3.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2011	93.8%	4.0%	0.4%	0.9%	0.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2012	93.7%	4.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%
2013	93.6%	4.3%	0.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%
2014	93.3%	4.4%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2015	93.5%	4.4%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%
2016	93.1%	4.9%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	92.7%	5.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	92.1%	5.8%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	90.8%	6.2%	1.2%	0.5%	0.3%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	88.9%	7.8%	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	85.6%	11.1%	1.3%	0.5%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	83.6%	13.5%	1.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	81.3%	15.4%	1.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	80.4%	16.8%	1.2%	1.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 94.2%. Overall it fell from 94.1% in 2009 to 80.4% in 2024, down 13.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Concord: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 16.8% in 2024, up 13.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Concord

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Concord?

The bars show when commuters in Concord leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show North Carolina for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.5%

Concord North Carolina Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Concord is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.7% across North Carolina. Early starts are about as common as in North Carolina: 13.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush looks much like North Carolina's: 48.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.0%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Concord, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Concord Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Concord next to North Carolina and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Concord	North Carolina	United States
2009	7:35 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Concord were on the road by 7:39 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:35 AM). The shift is sharper than across North Carolina, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Concord now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Concord has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Concord's commute time compare?

Metric	Concord	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.8 min	21.9 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.8%	16.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Concord is 23.8 minutes, longer than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Concord, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Concord, NC compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Concord, NC	97,304	23.8 min #1/2	16.8% #1/2	7:39 AM #1/2
Kannapolis, NC	50,058	25.3 min	10.5%	7:42 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Concord, North Carolina.

Is living in Concord, North Carolina good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 198 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,143 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Concord, North Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Concord, North Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.