City safety & data profile

ConcordCA

Concord, CA is a 129K-resident city in Contra Costa County with a median household income of $108,709.

Contra Costa County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Concord, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Concord has a population larger than 95% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $797,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

129K
Population (place)
Top 5%
By size
$108,709
Median income (place)
$797,600
Median home (place)
8.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Concord

Concord posts a median household income higher than 76% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Concord area.

Top 24%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Concord

Where Concord income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$108,709 Top 24% higher than 76% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Concord $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Concord, CA beyond the headline numbers

Concord sits inside Contra Costa County, California, at roughly 37.98°N, -122.03°W. Population 128,667, $108,709 median household income. Median home value $797,600, median rent $2,274. Poverty rate 8.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Concord, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 8.2%, poverty in Concord, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Concord costs around 7.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

17.6% of Concord workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

6.1% of Concord workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Concord from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
128,667
Concord · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$108,709
+22% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$797,600
+93% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Contra Costa County): Concord's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.2M+9%
Median Income
$127,229+62%
Median Home Value
$866,800+115%
Poverty Rate
8.4%-20%
Unemployment
6.5%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Concord, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,274/mo
Poverty Rate
8.2% -34% vs avg
Unemployment 5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 37.5%
Work From Home 17.6%
Public Transit 6.1%

Population

White 44.9%
African American 4%
Asian 14%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.5%
High Blood Pressure
30.1%
Obesity
29.1%
Physical Inactivity
24.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Binge Drinking
16.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.8%
Diabetes
10.8%
Current Smoking
10.4%
Current Asthma
9.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.8%
Annual Checkup 71%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.4%
Stroke
3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
★★★
0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER - CONCORD CAMPUS
CONCORD · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Concord?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Concord right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-CONCORD-CA · Concord

Concord: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Concord; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Concord, CA? ▼
Concord, CA has a population of 128,667 people, located in Contra Costa County, California.
What is the median household income in Concord? ▼
The median household income in Concord, CA is $108,709 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.2%.
What is the median home value in Concord? ▼
The median home value in Concord, CA is $797,600. Median rent is $2,274/month.
What are the top health concerns in Concord? ▼
The top health indicators in Concord include Short Sleep Duration (35.5%), High Blood Pressure (30.1%), Obesity (29.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Concord? ▼
Concord has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Concord? ▼
The median age in Concord, CA is 39.1 years. 37.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Concord, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (8.2% here).

Palatine, IL 8.2% Coon Rapids, MN 8.2% Richfield, MN 8.2% Dunedin, FL 8.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($108,709 here).

Eagan, MN $108,690 Palos Heights, IL $108,740 Elk River, MN $108,741 Teays Valley, WV $108,741

Compare Concord with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Pleasant Hill, CA 35K Walnut Creek, CA 69K Bay Point, CA 22K Clayton, CA 12K Martinez, CA 38K Lafayette, CA 26K Alamo, CA 15K Benicia, CA 28K
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Using Concord's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Concord area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Concord against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Contra Costa County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.