Commerce is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 7,707 people and three associated neighborhoods, Commerce is the 121st largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Commerce is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Commerce is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Commerce who work in office and administrative support (11.00%), food service (8.74%), and teaching (8.03%). Of important note, Commerce is also a city of artists. Commerce has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Commerce’s character. Commerce is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Commerce is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.96% of adults 25 and older in Commerce have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Commerce in 2022 was $23,269, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,076 for a family of four. However, Commerce contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Commerce is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Commerce home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Commerce residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Commerce also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Commerce include English, German, Irish, French, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Commerce is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
