† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCommerceCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican70.7%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran9.2%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan6.0%1.3%0.5%
Honduran1.2%—0.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.8%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.8%0.3%—
Colombian0.8%0.3%0.4%
German2.4%6.8%12.5%
Irish2.1%5.9%9.4%
English2.1%6.3%9.5%
American1.7%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.4%3.4%4.8%
Armenian1.1%——
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
French0.5%1.3%1.6%
Aztec27.8%0.3%—
Maya16.7%——
Samoan5.6%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Commerce
California
United States
Median age
35.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Commerce
California
United States
Median household income
$77,064
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.4%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Commerce
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
77.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
76.6%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Commerce
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Commerce, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+54.4%
2008
+63.6%
2012
+70.4%
2016
+71.3%
2020
+61.1%
2024
+35.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
65.9%Harris2,809
30.6%Trump1,304
3.5%
D+35.3
R+25.8
D+36.8
4,263
D
79.5%Biden4,001
18.3%Trump923
2.2%
D+61.1
R+10.2
D+56.7
5,035
D
83.1%Clinton3,545
11.8%Trump502
5.2%
D+71.3
D+1.0
D+69.2
4,267
D
83.9%Obama3,300
13.6%Romney534
2.5%
D+70.4
D+6.7
D+66.5
3,931
D
81.5%Obama2,784
17.9%McCain611
0.6%
D+63.6
D+9.3
D+56.4
3,414
D
76.0%Kerry2,451
21.6%Bush698
2.4%
D+54.4
—
D+56.8
3,225
Commerce sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 25.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.3 points.
A population of 11,993, a 2% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,064 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of South San Jose Hills and Walnut Park.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Commerce, California voted Democratic by 35.3 points (D+35.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,263 votes cast, 2,809 went Democratic and 1,304 went Republican.
How many people live in Commerce, California?
Commerce, California has a population of 11,993 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Commerce, California?
Median household income in Commerce, California is $77,064 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Commerce, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Commerce, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
