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Commerce City, CO

56,448 Population
35.7 square miles 1,579.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,509 ±$1,265 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $41,988 ±$228
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $38,226 ±$173
$77,065 ±$3,350 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $79,664 ±$565
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $72,331 ±$370

11.6% ±2.3% (6,502  ±1,307) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8.8% 252,594 (±0.2% / ±5,813)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 10.3% 565,873 (±0.1% / ±7,890)

30.3 minutes ±1.1 (780,810  ±40,354) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 28 39,874,095 (±0.1 / ±222,757)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.8 68,344,730 (±0.1 / ±304,616)

Families

16,332 ±412 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,112,126 ±2,825
  • Colorado: 2,148,994 ±5,236
3.4 ±0.1 (56,090  ±98) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.6 2,856,839 (±0 / ±1,291)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,490,688 (±0)

6.2% ±1.5% (897  ±214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 5% 36,554 (±0.2% / ±1,441)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 5.1% 69,064 (±0.1% / ±1,964)

Housing

16,818 ±430 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,173,990 ±750
  • Colorado: 2,386,475 ±846

$320,100 ±$5,222 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $380,900 ±$1,318
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $343,300 ±$911

13.3% ±1.8% (7,396  ±984.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.3% 494,744 (±0.3% / ±7,936)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 18% 996,893 (±0.2% / ±12,179.6)

Social

81.5% ±3.1% (27,435  ±1,177.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 91.2% 1,823,971 (±0.4% / ±8,798.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 91.8% 3,509,828 (±0.3% / ±12,607.7)
22.1% ±1.6% (7,442  ±551.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 43.8% 875,958 (±0.3% / ±5,795.3)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 40.9% 1,565,134 (±0.2% / ±8,175)

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

15.7% ±1.7% (8,864  ±982) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 12.1% 350,525 (±0.2% / ±5,337)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 546,513 (±0.1% / ±7,055)

7% ±0.9% (2,639  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7.3% 162,448 (±0.1% / ±2,468)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 8.7% 373,795 (±0.1% / ±4,146)
2,639 Total veterans ±333 2,475 Male ±334 164 Female ±76

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