Commerce, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}  {{Infobox settlement |name = Commerce, California |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = CommerceMontageCA.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Images, from top, left to right: Citadel Outlets, Rosewood Park and Aquatorium, Commerce Casino, Civic Center |image_flag = Flag of Commerce, California.gif |flag_size = |image_seal = Commerce ca seal.png |seal_size = |nickname = |motto = "The Model City" |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-point = none |pushpin_map = Los Angeles#California#USA |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Commerce in Los Angeles County, California##Location of Commerce in California##Location of Commerce in the USA |pushpin_label = Commerce |pushpin_label_position = bottom |coordinates = {{coord|34|0|2|N|118|9|17|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States|size=23px}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|California|size=23px}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Los Angeles |established_title3 = Incorporated |established_date3 = January 28, 1960<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |title=California Cities by Incorporation Date |format=Word |publisher=California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions |access-date=August 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |archive-date=November 3, 2014 }}</ref>  |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Kevin Lainez<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.commerceca.gov/city-hall/mayor-city-council | title = Mayor & City Council | publisher = City of Commerce | access-date = August 7, 2025 }}</ref> |leader_title1 = Vice Mayor |leader_name1 = Mireya Garcia |leader_title2 = City council |leader_name2 = Hugo A. Argumedo Ivan Altamirano Oralia Rebollo |leader_title3 = City Manager |leader_name3 = Ernie Hernandez |leader_title4 = Assistant City Manager |leader_name4 = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 30, 2021}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 16.92 |area_total_sq_mi = 6.53 |area_land_km2 = 16.92 |area_land_sq_mi = 6.53 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 |area_water_percent = 0.02 |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_note = |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1660503|Commerce|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> |elevation_m = 43  |elevation_ft = 141 |population_total = 12378 |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 731.49 |population_density_sq_mi = 1894.69 |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 =  |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |postal_code_type = ZIP Codes |postal_code = 90022–90023, 90040, 90091<ref>{{cite web | url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp?visited=1&pagenumber=0&state=ca&city=Commerce | title = USPS - ZIP Code Lookup - Find a ZIP+ 4 Code By City Results | access-date = January 18, 2007}}</ref> |area_code = 213/323/562 |website = {{URL|www.commerceca.gov}} |footnotes = |timezone = PST |utc_offset = −8 |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = −7 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = {{FIPS|06|14974}} |blank1_name = GNIS feature IDs |blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|1660503}}, {{GNIS 4|2410209}} }}

'''Commerce''' is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 12,378 at the 2020 census, down from 12,823 at the 2010 census. It is usually referred to as the '''City of Commerce''' to distinguish it from the common noun. It is bordered by Vernon on the west, Los Angeles on the northwest, East Los Angeles on the north, Montebello on the east, Downey and Bell Gardens on the south, and Maywood on the southwest. The Los Angeles River forms part of its southwestern boundary, and the Rio Hondo separates it from Downey. Commerce is served by the Long Beach and Santa Ana freeways, as well as the Metrolink commuter rail service at the Commerce station.

==History== In the 19th century, the area was part of Antonio Maria Lugo's Rancho San Antonio. Its conversion to an industrial area began in 1887, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built its main line through the area. The ranch remained intact until Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, reputedly once the wealthiest woman in Los Angeles, sold some of it around the turn of the 20th century. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (later the Union Pacific) both were built through what would become the community, as was the Pacific Electric Railway's Whittier Line. By the 1920s, factories had arrived. In the late 1940s, industrial leaders banded together with residents in the communities of Bandini, Rosewood, and Laguna to encourage commerce. They changed the name to match that goal.

The city was incorporated in 1960 to prevent neighboring cities such as Vernon and Los Angeles from annexing industrial land for tax revenue and elected its first city mayor, Maurice Quigley. In the 1970s and 1980s, Commerce successfully negotiated the turbulent period of deindustrialization that hammered nearby cities such as South Gate and Norwalk, maintaining much of its manufacturing and goods-distribution base and successfully converting former industrial land to lucrative commercial uses. The most notable example of this phenomenon is the Citadel Outlets mall, which occupies the site of a former tire factory. The owner of the Citadel, Steve Craig, hosts an annual Clean Up Commerce Day and enlists other businesses to work with the city and volunteers in beautifying a specific area of the city.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Simkovich|first1=Don|title=So Cal Entrepreneurs: Steve Craig, Outlet Mall Developer|date=November 23, 2014|publisher=Globe Trot Comm|page=13}}</ref> With a major rail yard within its borders, Commerce has also benefited greatly from the huge expansion in international trade traffic through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, albeit at the expense of severe air pollution caused by truck congestion on the Long Beach Freeway.

Chrysler had an assembly plant in Commerce from 1930 through July 1971 located at 5800 S. Eastern Avenue and Slauson Avenue, called Los Angeles (Maywood) Assembly. It was closed at the end of the 1971 model year, as Chrysler decided to triple-stack its transport trains for the 1972 model year; its Los Angeles facility couldn't accommodate this change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allpar.com/corporate/factories/los-angeles.html|title=Chrysler's Lost Los Angeles Plant, 1932-1971|website=www.allpar.com}}</ref>

Commerce is also the site of Williams Ranch, on which is the swimming hole that the Sleepy Lagoon Murder of José Díaz took place in 1942. The Sleepy Lagoon swimming hole was located near Slauson and Eastern Ave.

==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|6.5|sqmi|km2}}, over 99% of it land.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1960= 9555 |1970= 10635 |1980= 10509 |1990= 12135 |2000= 12568 |2010= 12823 |2020= 12378 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref> 1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 29, 2025|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> | align = right }}

Commerce first appeared as a city in the 1960 U.S. census<ref name=1960CensusCA1/> as part of the Southeast census county division.<ref name=1960CensusCA2/>

===Racial and ethnic composition===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Commerce city, California – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 1980<ref>{{Cite web |title=1980 California Census |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caCs1-01.pdf}}</ref> !Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Census California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-6-1.pdf}}</ref> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Commerce city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0614974&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Commerce city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0614974&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Commerce city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0614974&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !% 1980 !% 1990 !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |White alone (NH) |1,357 |823 |519 |402 |style='background: #ffffe6; |293 |12.91% |6.78% |4.13% |3.13% |style='background: #ffffe6; |2.37% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |31 |79 |63 |66 |style='background: #ffffe6; |88 |0.29% |0.65% |0.50% |0.51% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.71% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |95 |56 |52 |48 |style='background: #ffffe6; |38 |0.90% |0.46% |0.41% |0.37% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31% |- |Asian alone (NH) | rowspan="2" |69 | rowspan="2" |127 |122 |134 |style='background: #ffffe6; |163 | rowspan="2" |0.66% | rowspan="2" |1.055 |0.97% |1.04% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.32% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |1 |7 |style='background: #ffffe6; |3 |0.01% |0.05% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02% |- |Other race alone (NH) |21 |44 |7 |24 |style='background: #ffffe6; |44 |0.20% |0.36% |0.06% |0.19% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |x |x |39 |28 |style='background: #ffffe6; |59 |x |x |0.31% |0.22% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |8,937 |11,006 |11,765 |12,114 |style='background: #ffffe6; |11,690 |85.03% |90.70% |93.61% |94.47% |style='background: #ffffe6; |94.44% |- |'''Total''' |'''10,510''' |'''12,135''' |'''12,568''' |'''12,823''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''12,378''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |} ===2020 census===

As of the 2020 census, Commerce had a population of 12,378 and a population density of {{convert|1,894.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The median age was 36.5 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.2 males.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0133P%2CDP1_0137P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=place%3A14974&in=state%3A06|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 17, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=place%3A14974&in=state%3A06|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 17, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

The census reported that 99.4% of the population lived in households, 0.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.4% were institutionalized. 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DP"/><ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=place%3A14974&in=state%3A06|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 17, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 3,449 households, of which 45.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.9% were married-couple households, 7.6% were cohabiting couple households, 16.4% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 29.1% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.57. There were 2,706 families (78.5% of all households).<ref name="Census2020DP"/><ref name="Census2020DHC"/>

There were 3,524 housing units at an average density of {{convert|539.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}, of which 3,449 (97.9%) were occupied. Of these, 47.3% were owner-occupied and 52.7% were occupied by renters. The vacancy rate was 2.1%; the homeowner vacancy rate was 0.5% and the rental vacancy rate was 1.5%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

===2023 ACS estimates===

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $71,768, and the per capita income was $26,570. About 11.3% of families and 13.6% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commerce city, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?g=1600000US0614974 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 11, 2025}}</ref>

===2010 census=== At the 2010 census Commerce had a population of 12,823. The population density was {{convert|1,961.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Commerce was 6,930 (54.0%) White (3.1% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name=quickfacts>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0614974.html|title=State & County QuickFacts: Commerce (city), California|access-date=November 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329004335/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0614974.html|archive-date=March 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 96 (0.7%) African American, 161 (1.3%) Native American, 140 (1.1%) Asian, 9 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 4,886 (38.1%) from other races, and 601 (4.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12,114 persons (94.5%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0614974|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Commerce city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221648/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0614974|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The census reported that 12,753 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 2 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 68 (0.5%) were institutionalized.

There were 3,382 households, 1,751 (51.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,693 (50.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 708 (20.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 308 (9.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 248 (7.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 23 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships; 559 households (16.5%) were one person and 326 (9.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.77. There were 2,709 families (80.1% of households); the average family size was 4.17.

The age distribution was 3,824 people (29.8%) under the age of 18, 1,458 people (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 3,581 people (27.9%) aged 25 to 44, 2,590 people (20.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,370 people (10.7%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 31.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

There were 3,470 housing units at an average density of 530.8 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,619 (47.9%) were owner-occupied and 1,763 (52.1%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 1.8%. 6,631 people (51.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,122 people (47.7%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Commerce had a median household income of $48,729, with 16.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name=quickfacts/>

===2000 census===

These were the ten cities or neighborhoods in Los Angeles County with the largest percentage of Latino residents, according to the 2000 census:<ref>[http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/ethnicity/latino/neighborhood/list "Latino" Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'']</ref>

{{div col}} # East Los Angeles, California, 96.7% # Maywood, California, 96.4% # City Terrace, California, 94.4% # Huntington Park, California, 95.1% # Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, 94.0% # Cudahy, California, 93.8% # Bell Gardens, California, 93.7% # Commerce, California 93.4% # Vernon, California, 92.6% # South Gate, California, 92.1% {{div col end}}

As of 2000, Mexican (78.4%) and Irish (0.9%) were the most common ancestries. Mexico (83.4%) and El Salvador (4.7%) were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/commerce/ | title=Commerce }}</ref> ==Economy== thumb|upright|Rail yards in Commerce, left, and Vernon, right. The upper center industrial/commercial area is mostly Commerce.

===Principal employers=== According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="cafr">[http://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/archives/40/cafr2010final.pdf City of Commerce, California Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, for the Year ended June 30, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601071449/http://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/archives/40/cafr2010final.pdf |date=June 1, 2015 }} Retrieved September 24, 2010</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable" |- ! # ! Employer ! # of Employees |- | 1 |Commerce Casino |2,191 |- | 2 |County of Los Angeles |910 |- | 3 |Parsec |890 |- | 4 |Smart & Final |769 |- | 5 |Unified Grocers |748 |- | 6 |American International Industries |592 |- | 7 |Mission Foods |590 |- | 7 |99 Cents Only Stores |549 |- | 9 |Megatoys |480 |- | 10 |Wine Warehouse |376 |- | 11 |Valassis Direct Mail |350 |- | 12 |Gibson Overseas |346 |- | 13 |City of Commerce |315 |- | 14 |AT&T California |302 |} Kimlan Foods USA has its headquarters in Commerce.<ref>[http://www.kimlanusa.com/ Home page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909011121/http://www.kimlanusa.com/ |date=September 9, 2012 }}. Kimlan Foods USA. Retrieved on November 9, 2012. "3330 S. Garfield Ave • Building 102 • Unit A Commerce • CA 90040"</ref>

==Government== thumb|Citadel Outlets and Commerce Casino

In the California State Legislature, Commerce is in {{Representative|casd|33|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|54|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final Maps {{!}} California Citizens Redistricting Commission |url=https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/ |access-date=August 7, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

In the United States House of Representatives, Commerce is in California's 42nd Congressional District, Represented by Democrat Robert Garcia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressman Robert Garcia |url=http://robertgarcia.house.gov/home |access-date=January 19, 2023 |website=Congressman Robert Garcia |language=en}}</ref>

Commerce residents have many civic services funded from taxes on the local card club, the Commerce Casino, which accounts for 46% ($19.5 Million for budget year 2005/06) of Commerce's tax revenues, and the Citadel. This includes four libraries, a senior center, a teen center, an aquatics center, and a city-owned camp in the San Bernardino National Forest.<ref name="LAT 20160907">{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-commerce-scandals-20160907-snap-story.html |title=Mountain resorts, rent subsidies and saunas: The benefits of living in a city plagued by scandal |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Adam |last=Elmahrek |date= September 7, 2016 |access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> Commerce is also one of the few cities in California that provides its residents with free bus service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Transportation|url=http://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=90|website=City of Commerce|access-date=January 1, 2016|archive-date=August 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818115303/http://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=90|url-status=dead}}</ref> Commerce operates five bus lines within the city, two routes running Sundays only, and one express bus between The Citadel shopping center and Downtown Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Commerce Municipal Bus Lines Citadel Outlets Express|url=http://ca-commerce.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/2387|website=City of Commerce|access-date=January 1, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Education== Most of Commerce is served by Montebello Unified School District,<ref>"[http://montebellousd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1294471603772/1295706265378/6585536690319575483.pdf District Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811135738/http://montebellousd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1294471603772/1295706265378/6585536690319575483.pdf |date=August 11, 2016 }}." Montebello Unified School District. Retrieved on January 3, 2017.</ref> while small portions are served by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

===Montebello Unified School District=== Elementary schools that serve Commerce include:

*Bandini Elementary School (Commerce)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bae.montebello.k12.ca.us/|title=Bandini Elementary: Home Page|website=www.bae.montebello.k12.ca.us}}</ref> *Suva Elementary School (Bell Gardens)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sue.montebello.k12.ca.us/|title=Suva Elementary: Home Page|website=www.sue.montebello.k12.ca.us}}</ref>

Intermediate schools that serve Commerce include:

*Bell Gardens Intermediate School (Bell Gardens)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgi.montebello.k12.ca.us/|title=Bell Gardens Intermediate|website=www.bgi.montebello.k12.ca.us}}</ref> *Suva Intermediate School (Bell Gardens)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sui.montebello.k12.ca.us/|title=Suva Intermediate|website=www.sui.montebello.k12.ca.us}}</ref> *La Merced Intermediate School (Montebello)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmi.montebello.k12.ca.us/|title=La Merced Intermediate|website=www.lmi.montebello.k12.ca.us}}</ref>

K–8 schools:

*Rosewood Park School (Commerce)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpe.montebello.k12.ca.us/|title=Rosewood Park School|website=www.rpe.montebello.k12.ca.us}}</ref>

High schools that serve Commerce include:

*Bell Gardens High School (Bell Gardens) *Montebello High School (Montebello) *Schurr High School (Montebello)

===Los Angeles Unified School District=== *Ford Boulevard Elementary School (Unincorporated Los Angeles County)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Ford_EL|title=Ford Blvd Elementary|website=www.lausd.k12.ca.us}}</ref> *Griffith Middle School (Unincorporated Los Angeles County) *Garfield High School (Unincorporated Los Angeles County)

==Infrastructure== ''Los Cerritos Community News'' serves the city.

===Health care=== The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Whittier Health Center in Whittier, serving Commerce.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf Whittier Health Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190101/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf |date=May 27, 2010 }}." Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Retrieved on March 18, 2010.</ref>

===Emergency services=== ====Fire services==== Fire protection in Commerce is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which has its headquarters in Commerce.<ref>"[http://www.fire.lacounty.gov/DoingBusiness/DoRptRequestFireReport.asp Fire Reports] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302164233/http://www.fire.lacounty.gov/DoingBusiness/DoRptRequestFireReport.asp |date=March 2, 2010 }}." Los Angeles County Fire Department. Retrieved on March 12, 2010.</ref> The LACFD operates Station #22 at 928 South Gerhart Avenue, Station #27, the battalion headquarters, at 6031 Rickenbacker Road, and Station #50 at 2327 South Saybrook Avenue, all in Commerce, as a part of Battalion 3.<ref>"[http://fire.lacounty.gov/HometownFireStations/HometownFireStations.asp Hometown Fire Stations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913190430/http://fire.lacounty.gov/HometownFireStations/HometownFireStations.asp |date=September 13, 2007 }}." ''Los Angeles County Fire Department''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/pdf/1_3_planning_areas.pdf Planning Areas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326220757/http://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/pdf/1_3_planning_areas.pdf |date=March 26, 2009 }}." ''City of Commerce''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> Ambulance transport is provided by Care Ambulance Service.

====Police services==== The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the East Los Angeles Station in East Los Angeles, serving Commerce.<ref>"[http://www.lasd.org/stations/for1/ela/index.html East Los Angeles Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125073600/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for1/ela/index.html |date=January 25, 2010 }}." Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.</ref>

==Friendship City== Commerce is a friendship city with Nanning, Guangxi, China.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Commerce,%20CA |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113026/http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Commerce,%20CA |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also== *{{Portal inline|Greater Los Angeles}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Commerce, California}} *{{Official website}}

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