Hot semi-arid
Commerce, California
Los Angeles County, California · Population 12k · 157 ft elevation
Living in Commerce
Commerce has a hot semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 49°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 74, with about 98 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Commerce: about 23% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,800 ft around town.
Commerce at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 157 ft
- Average daily high
- 75°F76th percentile
- Average daily low
- 57°F87th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,762 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7498th percentile
- Median home value
- $583k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,420/mo64th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k46th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.60%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.689th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 31%
- Violent crime rate
- 1,274 per 100k99th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 10,878 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 23%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,823 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68°F | 49°F | 3.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 68°F | 50°F | 3.6″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 70°F | 53°F | 2.2″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 73°F | 55°F | 0.7″ | — | 317 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 58°F | 0.3″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 62°F | 0.1″ | — | 386 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 65°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 66°F | 0.0″ | — | 395 hrs |
| Sep | 83°F | 64°F | 0.1″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 60°F | 0.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Nov | 73°F | 53°F | 0.8″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Dec | 68°F | 48°F | 2.5″ | — | 233 hrs |
Near Commerce
- Bell, CA · 33k
- Bell Gardens, CA · 39k
- Maywood, CA · 25k
- Montebello, CA · 61k
- East Los Angeles, CA · 115k
- Cudahy, CA · 22k
- Pico Rivera, CA · 61k
- Monterey Park, CA · 60k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
- San Jose, CA · 990k
- San Francisco, CA · 836k
- Fresno, CA · 544k
- Sacramento, CA · 525k
- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology