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Commerce City, CO

70,255 Population
36.6 square miles 1,922 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,902 ±$4,589 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $60,408 ±$1,014
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$124,406 ±$14,449 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $108,046 ±$2,110
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.2% ±3.6% (4,972  ±2,468) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.5% 256,162 (±0.6% / ±16,899)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.7 minutes ±1 (857,130  ±51,684) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27 33,969,636 (±0.2 / ±280,471)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,439 ±2,811 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,265,606 ±6,288
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0.4 (69,830  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.4 3,015,035 (±0 / ±2,108)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.4% ±4.6% (1,665  ±926) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 5.2% 40,561 (±0.5% / ±3,910)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

23,810 ±2,882 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,328,534 ±1,955
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$545,500 ±$37,635 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $631,000 ±$4,074
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

4.2% ±1.8% (2,874  ±1,262.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 14.3% 430,878 (±0.6% / ±18,319)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.6% ±3.4% (36,853  ±1,774.2) High school grad or higher * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.3% 1,965,919 (±0.5% / ±10,765.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.8% ±2% (11,000  ±914.1) Bachelor's degree or higher * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 49.4% 1,051,860 (±0.3% / ±7,014.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.4% ±8.5% (14,337  ±6,002) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 13.5% 410,672 (±0.5% / ±15,875)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.9% ±2% (3,559  ±1,069) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 5.6% 134,656 (±0.3% / ±6,037)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,559 Total veterans ±1,069 3,203 Male ±1,029 356 Female ±302

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