Commerce vs Jefferson

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

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

Jefferson has the higher population (14,249 vs 7,684 in Commerce). Jefferson has the higher median household income ($96,761 vs $61,286 in Commerce). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($346,800 vs $233,900 in Commerce).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce	Jefferson
Population	7,684	14,249
Median age	33.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,286	$96,761
Median home value	$233,900	$346,800
Median gross rent	$1,108	$906
Housing units	2,660	4,723
Homeownership rate	65.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce	Jefferson
Population	6,858 → 7,684 (+12.0%)	11,114 → 14,249 (+28.2%)
Median household income	$47,035 → $61,286 (+30.3%)	$58,451 → $96,761 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$116,400 → $233,900 (+100.9%)	$201,300 → $346,800 (+72.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,108 (+40.6%)	$729 → $906 (+24.3%)

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

Jefferson

Population

11,11414,249

Median household income

$58,451$96,761

Median home value

$201,300$346,800

Median gross rent

$729$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Commerce	Jefferson
Under 5	9.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.4%
75 and over	8.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	72.6%
Black or African American	14.6%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce	Jefferson
No high school diploma	15.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce	Jefferson
Drove alone	80.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	12.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	79.1%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Commerce	Jefferson
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.90	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1986	2003