Commerce is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 7,707 people and three associated neighborhoods, Commerce is the 121st largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Commerce is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Commerce is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Commerce who work in office and administrative support (11.00%), food service (8.74%), and teaching (8.03%). Of important note, Commerce is also a city of artists. Commerce has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Commerce’s character. Being a small city, Commerce does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Commerce is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.96% of adults 25 and older in Commerce have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Commerce in 2022 was $23,269, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,076 for a family of four. However, Commerce contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Commerce is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Commerce home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Commerce residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Commerce also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Commerce include English, German, Irish, French, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Commerce is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
