Avocado Heights vs Commerce

A side-by-side comparison of Avocado Heights and Commerce: population, income, housing, and more.

Avocado Heights and Commerce are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avocado Heights has the higher population (12,934 vs 12,072 in Commerce). Avocado Heights has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $71,768 in Commerce). Avocado Heights has the higher median home value ($668,700 vs $583,200 in Commerce).

Population, income & housing

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
Population	12,934	12,072
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$71,768
Median home value	$668,700	$583,200
Median gross rent	$2,002	$1,420
Housing units	3,687	3,484
Homeownership rate	74.7%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
Population	15,426 → 12,934 (-16.2%)	12,830 → 12,072 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$75,142 → $95,000 (+26.4%)	$47,518 → $71,768 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$478,800 → $668,700 (+39.7%)	$411,200 → $583,200 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $2,002 (+36.4%)	$1,139 → $1,420 (+24.7%)

Avocado Heights

Population

15,42612,934

Median household income

$75,142$95,000

Median home value

$478,800$668,700

Median gross rent

$1,468$2,002

Commerce

Population

12,83012,072

Median household income

$47,518$71,768

Median home value

$411,200$583,200

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
Under 5	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.6%
75 and over	6.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	2.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	81.8%	94.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
No high school diploma	24.7%	34.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
Drove alone	78.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.9%
Public transit	2.6%	3.3%
Walked	0.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.7%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
1-unit, detached	88.0%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Avocado Heights	Commerce
Poverty rate	10.6%	13.6%
Average household size	3.57	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1964	1958