Commerce City is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 21,240 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Commerce City is the 27th largest community in Colorado.

When you are in Commerce City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.4% of Commerce City's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Commerce City is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Commerce City who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.20%), sales jobs (6.59%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.58%).

Being a small city, Commerce City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Commerce City Information and Demographics

Commerce City ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.71% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Commerce City in 2000 was $13,445, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $53,780 for a family of four.

Commerce City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Commerce City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Commerce City is White, followed by African-American. Commerce City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 53.27% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Commerce City include German, Irish, and English.

Commerce City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.92%.

The most common language spoken in Commerce City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.