Concord vs Ferguson

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

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

Ferguson has the higher population (18,350 vs 18,028 in Concord). Concord has the higher median household income ($84,389 vs $46,106 in Ferguson). Concord has the higher median home value ($279,400 vs $99,300 in Ferguson).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Ferguson
Population	18,028	18,350
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,389	$46,106
Median home value	$279,400	$99,300
Median gross rent	$1,166	$1,066
Housing units	7,793	9,777
Homeownership rate	84.7%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Ferguson
Population	17,912 → 18,028 (+0.6%)	20,738 → 18,350 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$75,831 → $84,389 (+11.3%)	$40,000 → $46,106 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$204,100 → $279,400 (+36.9%)	$83,500 → $99,300 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,166 (+8.0%)	$929 → $1,066 (+14.7%)

Concord

Population

17,91218,028

Median household income

$75,831$84,389

Median home value

$204,100$279,400

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,166

Ferguson

Population

20,73818,350

Median household income

$40,000$46,106

Median home value

$83,500$99,300

Median gross rent

$929$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Ferguson
Under 5	4.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.2%
75 and over	11.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Ferguson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	25.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Ferguson
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Ferguson
Drove alone	80.1%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.1%	6.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	14.5%
Other means	0.4%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Ferguson
1-unit, detached	81.6%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Ferguson
Poverty rate	4.3%	24.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1968	1957