Commerce vs Palos Verdes Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Commerce and Palos Verdes Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palos Verdes Estates has the higher population (13,047 vs 12,072 in Commerce). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median household income ($247,500 vs $71,768 in Commerce). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $583,200 in Commerce).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	12,072	13,047
Median age	36.1 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,768	$247,500
Median home value	$583,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,420	$3,331
Housing units	3,484	5,383
Homeownership rate	53.7%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	12,830 → 12,072 (-5.9%)	13,434 → 13,047 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$47,518 → $71,768 (+51.0%)	$194,543 → $247,500 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$411,200 → $583,200 (+41.8%)	$2,000,000 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,420 (+24.7%)	$2,683 → $3,331 (+24.2%)

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

Palos Verdes Estates

Population

13,43413,047

Median household income

$194,543$247,500

Median home value

$2,000,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,683$3,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
Under 5	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.9%
75 and over	7.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	62.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	94.4%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
No high school diploma	34.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	29.3%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	39.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
Drove alone	72.7%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	1.5%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	24.8%
Other means	4.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
1-unit, detached	59.9%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	8.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Commerce	Palos Verdes Estates
Poverty rate	13.6%	2.6%
Average household size	3.48	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1958	1963