Commerce City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 68,245 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Commerce City is the 18th largest community in Colorado. Commerce City has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Commerce City, where the median household income is $96,484.00.
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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Commerce City, the average commute to work is 31.37 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
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.