Commerce City vs Welby

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

Commerce City and Welby 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 16,232 in Welby). Commerce City has the higher median household income ($106,756 vs $78,375 in Welby). Commerce City has the higher median home value ($463,200 vs $347,700 in Welby).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce City	Welby
Population	64,640	16,232
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,756	$78,375
Median home value	$463,200	$347,700
Median gross rent	$1,626	$1,640
Housing units	22,165	5,932
Homeownership rate	78.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce City	Welby
Population	56,448 → 64,640 (+14.5%)	16,018 → 16,232 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$77,065 → $106,756 (+38.5%)	$56,923 → $78,375 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $463,200 (+44.7%)	$213,500 → $347,700 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $1,626 (+26.4%)	$1,211 → $1,640 (+35.4%)

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

Welby

Population

16,01816,232

Median household income

$56,923$78,375

Median home value

$213,500$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Commerce City	Welby
Under 5	7.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	18.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	7.0%
75 and over	2.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce City	Welby
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	32.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.3%	61.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce City	Welby
No high school diploma	15.2%	24.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce City	Welby
Drove alone	71.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	15.0%
Public transit	1.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	8.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce City	Welby
1-unit, detached	78.8%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Commerce City	Welby
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.4%
Average household size	3.01	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	2004	1974