Concord vs Pittsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Concord and Pittsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Concord and Pittsburg are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Concord has the higher population (124,260 vs 75,868 in Pittsburg). Concord has the higher median household income ($109,195 vs $101,099 in Pittsburg). Concord has the higher median home value ($755,900 vs $583,100 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Pittsburg
Population	124,260	75,868
Median age	38.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,195	$101,099
Median home value	$755,900	$583,100
Median gross rent	$2,226	$2,201
Housing units	46,948	24,272
Homeownership rate	61.4%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Pittsburg
Population	129,183 → 124,260 (-3.8%)	71,422 → 75,868 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$89,564 → $109,195 (+21.9%)	$74,459 → $101,099 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$551,300 → $755,900 (+37.1%)	$386,200 → $583,100 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $2,226 (+29.7%)	$1,734 → $2,201 (+26.9%)

Concord

Population

129,183124,260

Median household income

$89,564$109,195

Median home value

$551,300$755,900

Median gross rent

$1,716$2,226

Pittsburg

Population

71,42275,868

Median household income

$74,459$101,099

Median home value

$386,200$583,100

Median gross rent

$1,734$2,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Pittsburg
Under 5	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.4%
75 and over	6.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	17.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.3%	18.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.1%
Some other race	0.8%	1.1%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	11.9%	19.9%
High school graduate	19.5%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Pittsburg
Drove alone	62.8%	70.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.6%
Public transit	7.3%	6.9%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.1%	7.9%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	57.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	16.8%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	8.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.68	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1970	1982