Concord vs Midland

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

Concord and Midland 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 4,758 in Midland). Midland has the higher median household income ($85,551 vs $84,752 in Concord). Midland has the higher median home value ($342,700 vs $327,600 in Concord).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Midland
Population	106,518	4,758
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,752	$85,551
Median home value	$327,600	$342,700
Median gross rent	$1,365	$1,230
Housing units	42,493	1,846
Homeownership rate	66.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Midland
Population	91,980 → 106,518 (+15.8%)	3,622 → 4,758 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$67,984 → $84,752 (+24.7%)	$68,125 → $85,551 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $327,600 (+58.6%)	$210,500 → $342,700 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,365 (+41.7%)	$857 → $1,230 (+43.5%)

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

Midland

Population

3,6224,758

Median household income

$68,125$85,551

Median home value

$210,500$342,700

Median gross rent

$857$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Midland
Under 5	6.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.4%
75 and over	4.8%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Midland
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	66.9%
Black or African American	21.7%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Midland
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	21.8%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Midland
Drove alone	72.5%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	17.6%
Other means	2.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Midland
1-unit, detached	71.6%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Midland
Poverty rate	8.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1997	2006