Commerce City

Population & Demographics

Commerce City, CO

Commerce City is home to 66,445 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 34,759 resident workers commute each day.

ColoradoCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
66,445
people
Population

66,445 residents

Median age 35.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Commerce City population & demographics

Who lives in Commerce City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
66,445
Median age
35.0yrs
Median household income
$111,972
Median home value
$499,700
Median gross rent
$1,880/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.8%
Poverty rate
8.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Commerce City

How Commerce City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino48.5%
White40.7%
Black3.8%
Two or more races3.3%
Asian2.4%
Some other race1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Commerce City

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Commerce City.

Commerce City at a glance
Employed Residents
34,759
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
10.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Denver
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Commerce City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Commerce City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

44 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Commerce City

34,759 commutes, one dot at a time

Commerce City

Where 34,759 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Commerce City, by worker count.

1Denver10.5 mi9,533
2Aurora12.7 mi3,771
3Commerce City0.0 mi3,499
4Thornton5.9 mi1,373
5Brighton8.5 mi1,313
6Westminster10.4 mi1,249
7Lakewood17.1 mi1,081
8Centennial18.6 mi905

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Commerce City.

1Denver10.5 mi5,439
2Aurora12.7 mi3,929
3Commerce City0.0 mi3,499
4Thornton5.9 mi2,965
5Brighton8.5 mi1,314
6Westminster10.4 mi1,289
7Arvada14.1 mi1,094
8Lakewood17.1 mi905

Top industries

The sectors that employ Commerce City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
TRTransportation and Warehousing30.4%
COConstruction13.5%
WSWholesale Trade9.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.0%
MFManufacturing7.7%
RTRetail Trade6.9%
EDEducational Services3.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services3.3%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.2%
Connectivity

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