Brookneal vs Concord

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

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

Concord has the higher population (1,367 vs 1,275 in Brookneal). Concord has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $115,000 in Brookneal). Since 2019, Concord's population has grown faster (+83.2% vs +45.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Brookneal	Concord
Population	1,275	1,367
Median age	47.6 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,909	—
Median home value	$115,000	$189,900
Median gross rent	$850	$768
Housing units	658	765
Homeownership rate	66.6%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookneal	Concord
Population	876 → 1,275 (+45.5%)	746 → 1,367 (+83.2%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $45,909 (+14.8%)	$65,667 → $42,049 (-36.0%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $115,000 (+43.8%)	$120,500 → $189,900 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $850 (+9.3%)	$813 → $768 (-5.5%)

Brookneal

Population

8761,275

Median household income

$40,000$45,909

Median home value

$80,000$115,000

Median gross rent

$778$850

Concord

Population

7461,367

Median household income

$65,667$42,049

Median home value

$120,500$189,900

Median gross rent

$813$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookneal	Concord
Under 5	6.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	24.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	19.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.2%
75 and over	7.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookneal	Concord
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	72.6%
Black or African American	24.9%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookneal	Concord
No high school diploma	15.8%	21.2%
High school graduate	50.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookneal	Concord
Drove alone	71.5%	89.3%
Carpooled	18.3%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookneal	Concord
1-unit, detached	80.2%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookneal	Concord
Poverty rate	22.7%	13.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1961	1983