Concord vs Harrisburg

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

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

Concord has the higher population (106,518 vs 19,203 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($143,393 vs $84,752 in Concord). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($431,900 vs $327,600 in Concord).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Harrisburg
Population	106,518	19,203
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,752	$143,393
Median home value	$327,600	$431,900
Median gross rent	$1,365	$2,407
Housing units	42,493	6,111
Homeownership rate	66.4%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Harrisburg
Population	91,980 → 106,518 (+15.8%)	15,806 → 19,203 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$67,984 → $84,752 (+24.7%)	$108,942 → $143,393 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $327,600 (+58.6%)	$288,900 → $431,900 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,365 (+41.7%)	$1,634 → $2,407 (+47.3%)

Concord

Population

91,980106,518

Median household income

$67,984$84,752

Median home value

$206,600$327,600

Median gross rent

$963$1,365

Harrisburg

Population

15,80619,203

Median household income

$108,942$143,393

Median home value

$288,900$431,900

Median gross rent

$1,634$2,407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Harrisburg
Under 5	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	18.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.3%
75 and over	4.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	53.9%
Black or African American	21.7%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	21.8%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Harrisburg
Drove alone	72.5%	69.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.7%	2.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.0%	21.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	71.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.84	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1997	2006