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Commerce city, California: commercial real estate data.
Commerce city is a Census city of 11,993 people across 6.53 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $77,064, 55.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 64 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $76.8 m.
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Commerce
What Commerce is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.53 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,835
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Commerce
How many people live in Commerce
- Population11,993
- Median age35.6
- Population under 182,752
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over2,164
- Share 65 and over18.0 percent
- Households3,307
- Family households2,617
- Share of households that are families79.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Commerce
Income and work in Commerce
- Median household income$77,064
- Per capita income$26,210
- Civilian labor force5,410
- Employed5,198
- Unemployed212 plus or minus 78
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over8,229
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher62.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Commerce
Housing in Commerce
- Housing units3,381
- Occupied units3,307
- Vacant units74 plus or minus 67
- Vacancy rate2.2 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Owner occupied1,819
- Renter occupied1,488
- Ownership rate55.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$598,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,549
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.1 percent
- Single family units2,593
- Share single family76.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more780 plus or minus 215
- Share in buildings of two or more23.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 17
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Commerce
How Commerce gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,634
- Commuting under 15 minutes834 plus or minus 204
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,134 plus or minus 435
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.1 percent
- Drove alone70.2 percent
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport4.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home9.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Commerce
SBA loans in Commerce (7(a))
- Approvals64
- Gross approval$76,778,500
- Average approval$1,199,664
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,995,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported946
- Jobs per approval14.8
- Loans with a final outcome18
- Paid in full17
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.6 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more26.6 percent
- Share to franchises4.7 percent
- Distinct lenders34
- Distinct industries by NAICS46
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Commerce
SBA loans in Commerce (504)
- Approvals97
- Gross approval$167,105,000
- Average approval$1,722,732
- Median approval$1,601,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported1,787
- Loans with a final outcome41
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.4 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs10
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Commerce
Flood risk in Commerce
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060110
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Commerce
Los Angeles County context, not Commerce figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Commerce measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Commerce. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Commerce questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Commerce, California?
11,993, in 3,307 households. Commerce city covers 6.53 square miles of land, which is 1,835 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Commerce in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Commerce?
$77,064. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $598,700. Median gross rent is $1,549 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Commerce businesses?
64 7(a) approvals totalling $76.8 m, across 34 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 97 504 approvals worth $167.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Commerce, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Commerce borrowers get paid back?
Of the 18 loans that have reached a final outcome, 17 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.6 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Commerce in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Commerce appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060110, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Commerce figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Commerce.
Is zoning published for Commerce?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.