Concord vs Richmond

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

Concord and Richmond 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 115,396 in Richmond). Concord has the higher median household income ($109,195 vs $90,038 in Richmond). Concord has the higher median home value ($755,900 vs $650,100 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Richmond
Population	124,260	115,396
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,195	$90,038
Median home value	$755,900	$650,100
Median gross rent	$2,226	$1,895
Housing units	46,948	42,257
Homeownership rate	61.4%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Richmond
Population	129,183 → 124,260 (-3.8%)	109,884 → 115,396 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$89,564 → $109,195 (+21.9%)	$68,472 → $90,038 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$551,300 → $755,900 (+37.1%)	$462,600 → $650,100 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $2,226 (+29.7%)	$1,509 → $1,895 (+25.6%)

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

Richmond

Population

109,884115,396

Median household income

$68,472$90,038

Median home value

$462,600$650,100

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Richmond
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.6%
75 and over	6.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	16.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	13.3%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Richmond
No high school diploma	11.9%	20.8%
High school graduate	19.5%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Richmond
Drove alone	62.8%	62.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.3%
Public transit	7.3%	9.6%
Walked	2.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.1%	12.0%
Other means	2.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Richmond
1-unit, detached	57.8%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.7%
20 or more units	16.8%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Richmond
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1970	1965