Arcade vs Commerce

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

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

Commerce has the higher population (7,684 vs 1,705 in Arcade). Commerce has the higher median household income ($61,286 vs $58,750 in Arcade). Commerce has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $228,800 in Arcade).

Population, income & housing

	Arcade	Commerce
Population	1,705	7,684
Median age	40.5 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$61,286
Median home value	$228,800	$233,900
Median gross rent	$940	$1,108
Housing units	629	2,660
Homeownership rate	80.8%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcade	Commerce
Population	1,515 → 1,705 (+12.5%)	6,858 → 7,684 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$56,471 → $58,750 (+4.0%)	$47,035 → $61,286 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $228,800 (+116.3%)	$116,400 → $233,900 (+100.9%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $940 (+13.8%)	$788 → $1,108 (+40.6%)

Arcade

Population

1,5151,705

Median household income

$56,471$58,750

Median home value

$105,800$228,800

Median gross rent

$826$940

Commerce

Population

6,8587,684

Median household income

$47,035$61,286

Median home value

$116,400$233,900

Median gross rent

$788$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcade	Commerce
Under 5	4.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.2%
75 and over	3.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcade	Commerce
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	67.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcade	Commerce
No high school diploma	19.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcade	Commerce
Drove alone	72.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.7%
Other means	3.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcade	Commerce
1-unit, detached	54.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	45.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Arcade	Commerce
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.1%
Average household size	3.03	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1994	1986