Commerce City vs Sherrelwood

A side-by-side comparison of Commerce City and Sherrelwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Commerce City and Sherrelwood are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Commerce City has the higher population (64,640 vs 19,368 in Sherrelwood). Commerce City has the higher median household income ($106,756 vs $73,849 in Sherrelwood). Commerce City has the higher median home value ($463,200 vs $412,200 in Sherrelwood).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
Population	64,640	19,368
Median age	33.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,756	$73,849
Median home value	$463,200	$412,200
Median gross rent	$1,626	$1,627
Housing units	22,165	6,568
Homeownership rate	78.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
Population	56,448 → 64,640 (+14.5%)	19,208 → 19,368 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$77,065 → $106,756 (+38.5%)	$62,169 → $73,849 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $463,200 (+44.7%)	$273,500 → $412,200 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $1,626 (+26.4%)	$1,363 → $1,627 (+19.4%)

Commerce City

Population

56,44864,640

Median household income

$77,065$106,756

Median home value

$320,100$463,200

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,626

Sherrelwood

Population

19,20819,368

Median household income

$62,169$73,849

Median home value

$273,500$412,200

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
Under 5	7.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	17.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	6.2%
75 and over	2.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	29.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	2.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	48.3%	65.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
No high school diploma	15.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	31.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
Drove alone	71.8%	67.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.1%
Public transit	1.2%	4.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.5%	13.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
1-unit, detached	78.8%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Commerce City	Sherrelwood
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.3%
Average household size	3.01	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	2004	1966