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Concord, CA
124,016 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0616000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (10 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Concord ranked #239 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Concord and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Hayward CA, Fairfield CA, Fullerton CA, Oceanside CA, Orange CA, Costa Mesa CA, Torrance CA, Escondido CA, Richardson TX, Westminster CO, Richmond CA, Rialto CA, Antioch CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #239 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #113 | #84 | #189 | #217 | #155 | #265 | #209 | #235 | #140 | #209 | #139 | #73 | #128 | #108 | #113 | #108 | #156 | #200 | #239 | #229 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 121,739 | 120,760 | 120,577 | 121,089 | 121,637 | 122,505 | 123,518 | 124,678 | 125,888 | 127,128 | 128,303 | 129,036 | 129,592 | 129,743 | 129,295 | 125,284 | 124,353 | 123,440 | 123,189 | 124,016 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #193 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.1 | +0.5 | +0.6 | — | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.3 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.3 | -0.9 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #234 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | — | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #220 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 20.2% | 22.9% | 21.5% | 20.5% | 22.6% | 22.3% | 23.2% | 23.8% | 23.2% | 23.5% | 22.8% | 24.7% | 23.6% | 22.3% | 23.2% | — | 24.6% | 23.4% | 26.2% | 25.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #75 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 5.7 | — | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #101 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56.7 | 44.6 | 30.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 54,553 | 56,472 | 55,487 | 55,070 | 50,581 | 47,080 | 50,811 | 51,282 | 52,584 | 51,036 | 54,622 | 57,793 | 58,614 | 60,862 | 62,521 | 57,714 | 58,128 | 60,663 | 60,144 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #264 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.2 | +2.2 | -4.4 | -2.1 | -4.2 | -8.2 | +4.9 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -6.4 | +2.4 | +2.5 | +0.2 | +1.3 | +1.8 | -0.8 | +1.6 | -3.0 | -1.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55,597 | 60,933 | 58,372 | 63,244 | 66,484 | 64,899 | 64,447 | 73,104 | 69,461 | — | 61,809 | 64,723 | 63,810 | 63,001 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #249 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.8% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 8.7% | 6.8% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 3.8% | — | 6.7% | 4.0% | 5.2% | 5.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #177 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 26% | 23% | 20% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 3% | — | — | — | 24% | — | — | — | — | 21% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #72 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $1,711 | $1,592 | $1,478 | $973 | $916 | $845 | $777 | $698 | $971 | — | — | — | $752 | — | — | — | — | $1,190 | — | — |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Concord. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.