In Concord, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Concord use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Concord‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The education level of Concord citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.78% of adults in Concord have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Concord in 2022 was $49,514, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $198,056 for a family of four. However, Concord contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Concord is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 Asian. Concord also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Concord include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Concord's cultural character, accounting for 25.60% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Concord is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
