Best PlacesCommerce, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Commerce, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Commerce ranks 42,751st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Commerce
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Commerce's strengths and weaknesses
Where Commerce ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 291 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
Where Commerce ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Commerce
A household needs to earn about $154,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Commerce home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,243, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Commerce's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Commerce
Commerce's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Commerce.
Who works in Commerce, and how
Work in Commerce centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Commerce
Commerce has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Commerce and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Commerce, month by month
Commerce sees roughly 291 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Commerce
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 15 miles away.
The best schools in and around Commerce
Schools across Commerce average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Rosewood ParkD · 18% proficient
- Montebello Park ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Montebello IntermediateD− · 17% proficient
- Eastmont IntermediateD− · 16% proficient
- Suva IntermediateD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- James A. Garfield Senior HighB · 46% proficient
- Applied Technology CenterC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Commerce school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Commerce measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Commerce against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Commerce
Is Commerce a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Commerce ranks 42,751st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and transit, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Commerce expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $602,103. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $72,243 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Commerce safe?
Commerce is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $796 per resident a year.
Compare Commerce with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Commerce. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Commerce represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Commerce detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Commerce: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Commerce: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Commerce: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Commerce: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Commerce detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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