Commerce vs Pendergrass

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

Commerce and Pendergrass 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 2,261 in Pendergrass). Pendergrass has the higher median household income ($82,692 vs $61,286 in Commerce). Pendergrass has the higher median home value ($283,900 vs $233,900 in Commerce).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce	Pendergrass
Population	7,684	2,261
Median age	33.8 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,286	$82,692
Median home value	$233,900	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,125
Housing units	2,660	686
Homeownership rate	65.3%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce	Pendergrass
Population	6,858 → 7,684 (+12.0%)	624 → 2,261 (+262.3%)
Median household income	$47,035 → $61,286 (+30.3%)	$73,068 → $82,692 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$116,400 → $233,900 (+100.9%)	$193,100 → $283,900 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,108 (+40.6%)	$875 → $1,125 (+28.6%)

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

Pendergrass

Population

6242,261

Median household income

$73,068$82,692

Median home value

$193,100$283,900

Median gross rent

$875$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Commerce	Pendergrass
Under 5	9.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	29.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	22.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	2.2%
75 and over	8.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce	Pendergrass
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	55.9%
Black or African American	14.6%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce	Pendergrass
No high school diploma	15.6%	16.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce	Pendergrass
Drove alone	80.9%	80.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce	Pendergrass
1-unit, detached	79.1%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Commerce	Pendergrass
Poverty rate	9.1%	7.6%
Average household size	2.90	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1986	2012