Concord vs Walnut Creek

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

Concord and Walnut Creek 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 69,790 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($135,665 vs $109,195 in Concord). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($1,031,100 vs $755,900 in Concord).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Walnut Creek
Population	124,260	69,790
Median age	38.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,195	$135,665
Median home value	$755,900	$1,031,100
Median gross rent	$2,226	$2,613
Housing units	46,948	33,618
Homeownership rate	61.4%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Walnut Creek
Population	129,183 → 124,260 (-3.8%)	69,567 → 69,790 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$89,564 → $109,195 (+21.9%)	$105,948 → $135,665 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$551,300 → $755,900 (+37.1%)	$793,100 → $1,031,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $2,226 (+29.7%)	$2,095 → $2,613 (+24.7%)

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

Walnut Creek

Population

69,56769,790

Median household income

$105,948$135,665

Median home value

$793,100$1,031,100

Median gross rent

$2,095$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Walnut Creek
Under 5	6.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.0%
75 and over	6.5%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	62.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	13.3%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	11.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.5%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	62.8%	49.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.7%
Public transit	7.3%	8.9%
Walked	2.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.1%	28.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	57.8%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	12.5%
20 or more units	16.8%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1970	1974