Concord vs Mount Pleasant

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

Concord and Mount Pleasant 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 1,866 in Mount Pleasant). Concord has the higher median household income ($84,752 vs $81,250 in Mount Pleasant). Concord has the higher median home value ($327,600 vs $262,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
Population	106,518	1,866
Median age	36.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,752	$81,250
Median home value	$327,600	$262,700
Median gross rent	$1,365	$1,055
Housing units	42,493	888
Homeownership rate	66.4%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
Population	91,980 → 106,518 (+15.8%)	1,757 → 1,866 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$67,984 → $84,752 (+24.7%)	$69,519 → $81,250 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $327,600 (+58.6%)	$193,900 → $262,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,365 (+41.7%)	$868 → $1,055 (+21.5%)

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

Mount Pleasant

Population

1,7571,866

Median household income

$69,519$81,250

Median home value

$193,900$262,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	6.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.1%
75 and over	4.8%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	21.7%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	6.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.2%
High school graduate	21.8%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	72.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	14.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	71.6%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	13.6%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1997	1984