ConcordVA
Is Concord a good place to live?
The best of Concord’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 4 of Virginia’s 372 towns do worse. On the outdoors, just 29 of Virginia’s 372 towns do worse. Blenheim and Blenheim (Boundary Increase) is on the National Register of Historic Places. Concord has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Concord stand out
Where Concord beats most towns.
Typical home value
1,462 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Concord grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Concord is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Concord: who provides what
Concord is unincorporated, so Appomattox County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Concord.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Concord
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Concord beat 68% of Virginia districts
Its public schools are run by the Campbell County Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 406 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
A typical Concord home is worth about $282K
The typical Concord home is worth about $282,000, up 5.1% in a year, 32% below the Virginia typical home. Concord’s median rent is $771 a month, below both Virginia’s towns ($1,762 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Concord | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $771 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 68% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Health in Concord trails 70% of U.S. towns
Concord beats the Virginia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 39% of Concord adults have high blood pressure, against 33% in Virginia’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 16% of Concord adults report frequent physical distress.
| Concord | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Concord | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.4% | 11.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 6.2% |
| More smokers | 16.5% | 12.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Concord, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Concord has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 27° and about 11 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Concord’s working residents commute to Lynchburg
Most working residents leave Concord for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Concord has added 114 jobs, to 488 in 2023. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Concord.
| Concord | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 1.8% of Concord
1.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Concord’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Concord | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Blue Ridge Parkway and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Concord. Close and well known come first.
25 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
9 mi National Historical ParkAppomattox Court House National Historical Park77K visitors a year
37 mi LakeSmith Mountain Lake
30 mi LandmarkNational D-Day Memorial
22 mi LandmarkRed Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
32 mi MuseumRobert Russa Moton MuseumPhoto credits
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: Jamestown Official Photo Corp., Public domain · Robert Russa Moton Museum: William T. Ziglar, Jr., CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Concord
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Concord
About 4 of every 100 Concord residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Concord
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Concord is a census-designated place (CDP) in Appomattox and Campbell counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population as of the 2010 census was 1,458. This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway. Sylvia Trent-Adams grew up on a farm in Concord.
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- Area
- 5.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 883 ft
- ZIP code
- 24538
Questions about Concord
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Concord, VA 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−.
What is Concord, VA known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Owen Robertson Cheatham and Carroll Thackston.