Concord, North Carolina

Concord population, 2020 to 2024

Concord added 7,482 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1,994. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Concord is 7.7 times that size.

Concord covers 64.70 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,737 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Concord is denser than the typical town.

What county Concord is in

All of Concord's residents live in Cabarrus County, which had 244,925 residents in 2024. Concord holds 45.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Concord

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Concord by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28025, 28027. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Concord is

The Census internal point of Concord is at 35.392100, -80.635500. Raleigh, the capital, is 115.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charlotte, NC (943,476 people), 16.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 199 m (653 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Concord

At 35.39° N, Concord gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Concord daylight page.

Places near Concord

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Harrisburg, 5.9 miles away, with 20,335 people.