Commerce City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 66,115 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Commerce City is the 18th largest community in Colorado. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Commerce City, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Commerce City, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Commerce City’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Commerce City does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $96,484.00. Housing costs in Commerce City are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.Commerce City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Commerce City is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Commerce City who work in office and administrative support (11.99%), management occupations (11.97%), and sales jobs (8.84%). Also of interest is that Commerce City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Commerce City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Commerce City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.37 minutes every day commuting to work. The population of Commerce City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Commerce City, 24.46% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Commerce City in 2022 was $37,932, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,728 for a family of four. However, Commerce City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Commerce City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Commerce City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Commerce City, accounting for 48.43% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Commerce City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Commerce City include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. Commerce City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.60%. The most common language spoken in Commerce City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
