ConcordiaMO
A town of 2,338, settled in 1865.
Is Concordia a good place to live?
Concordia’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for walkability; its weakest is a C− for health. Concordia has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Concordia stand out
Where Concordia beats most towns.
Typical home value
How Concordia grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Concordia is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Concordia: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Concordia, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Concordia.
On CDC estimates, Concordia is less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns
In Concordia, 30% of adults feel lonely. Among adults in the town, 32% get no exercise outside work, near the Missouri town median (30%) and above the median of U.S. towns (25%).
| Concordia | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 30% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Concordia | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.3% | 3.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Concordia fall behind 72% of Missouri districts
Two of the 4 schools are below, and why each made the list. The public schools here belong to Concordia R-II. The 2 public schools in Concordia teach 452 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 247 | C+ |
| Concordia HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 205 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
A typical Concordia home is worth about $193K
Typical home values rose 2.8% in the year to September 2026. In Concordia, the midpoint rent is $825 a month, below both Missouri’s towns ($971 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Concordia: 57% of households own their home.
| Concordia | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $825 a month | $971 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The climate in Concordia brings four seasons and hot summers
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 21° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 1.2 jobs for every working resident, Concordia draws in 925 commuters
Concordia’s typical journey to work comes in at 18 minutes. About one in five of the town’s working residents works in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 81, to 1,120. The top destinations are Kansas City (15%), Warrensburg (6%) and Higginsville (5%).
| Concordia | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crime reported in Concordia
The violent crime rate in Concordia is 0.4 per 1,000 residents. Concordia's reported crime rate is well below Missouri's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
| Concordia | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.8 per 1,000 residents | 12.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Moderate risk in Concordia, with inland flooding at the top
Nearly two fifths of Concordia’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 32%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Concordia after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2019.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No age group stands out in Concordia against Missouri
Four-year graduates: 28% of adults 25 and older here, 32% across Missouri. No age group stands out against Missouri: all are within 4 points. A quarter of residents are under 18 in Concordia.
| Concordia | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Concordia | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18.4% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.1% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.7% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.9% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.5% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
0% of Concordia is conserved land
Trails run 0.7 miles in 1 park or preserve. For Concordia, the trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Central Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Concordia
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Concordia; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Concordia residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Concordia
City in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States
Concordia is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States, that is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 2,371 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 791 ft
- ZIP code
- 64020
- Area code
- 660
Questions about Concordia
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Concordia, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.