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Concord, VA

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Overview


Concord is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,557 people and just one neighborhood, Concord is the 242nd largest community in Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Concord isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Concord are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Concord is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Concord who work in sales jobs (30.31%), food service (10.25%), and management occupations (10.25%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Concord has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Concord has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Concord than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Concord may be for you.

Being a small town, Concord does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Concord with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.06% of adults in Concord have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Concord in 2018 was $37,125, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,500 for a family of four. However, Concord contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Concord is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Concord home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Concord residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Concord include English, African, German, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Concord is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.2%) living in the neighborhood.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Concord is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in VA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.6% of the neighborhoods in Virginia. If you are considering retiring to Virginia, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Concord are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 33.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.2%), and 13.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Concord, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report German roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Canadian ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.7%) and 7.3% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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