Concord is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 55,941 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Concord is the 15th largest community in North Carolina.

Concord is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Concord is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Concord who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.04%), sales jobs (11.72%), and management occupations (9.45%).

Also of interest is that Concord has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One notable thing about Concord is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Concord is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.6% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Concord Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Concord is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.83% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Concord in 2000 was $21,523, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,092 for a family of four.

Concord is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Concord home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Concord is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Concord include German, English, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Concord is English. Some people also speak Spanish.