Concord vs Kannapolis

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

Concord and Kannapolis 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 56,470 in Kannapolis). Concord has the higher median household income ($84,752 vs $70,691 in Kannapolis). Concord has the higher median home value ($327,600 vs $245,500 in Kannapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Kannapolis
Population	106,518	56,470
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,752	$70,691
Median home value	$327,600	$245,500
Median gross rent	$1,365	$1,168
Housing units	42,493	23,969
Homeownership rate	66.4%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Kannapolis
Population	91,980 → 106,518 (+15.8%)	48,630 → 56,470 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$67,984 → $84,752 (+24.7%)	$53,365 → $70,691 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $327,600 (+58.6%)	$144,400 → $245,500 (+70.0%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,365 (+41.7%)	$856 → $1,168 (+36.4%)

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

Kannapolis

Population

48,63056,470

Median household income

$53,365$70,691

Median home value

$144,400$245,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,168

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Kannapolis
Under 5	6.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.3%
75 and over	4.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Kannapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	56.2%
Black or African American	21.7%	23.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Kannapolis
No high school diploma	8.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Kannapolis
Drove alone	72.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	12.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Kannapolis
1-unit, detached	71.6%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Kannapolis
Poverty rate	8.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1997	1985