Commerce, CA
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CommerceCA averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $694,535 +1.7% yr/yr · +17.7% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
Municipal budget
Total revenue$167.6M (FY2023)
Total spending$98.2M (FY2023)
Taxes$123.9M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$42.7M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$8,144 (FY2023)
Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
202520 housing units ($2.5M)
🗳️ Election results (3 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Oralia Rebollo ✓ 2,524 · Hugo Argumedo ✓ 2,155 · Leonard Mendoza 1,154 · Michael W. Pryor 531
City Council 2022-06-07
Mireya Garcia ✓ 1,049 · Kevin Lainez ✓ 959 · Ivan Altamirano ✓ 859 · Leonard Mendoza 728 · Yvette Gaytan 385 · Alfonso Garate, Jr. 342
City Council 2020-03-03
Oralia Y. Rebollo ✓ 1,445 · Hugo A. Argumedo ✓ 879 · Carlos Maravilla 776 · Alma L. Suarez 574 · Jaime Valencia 460 · Ofelia Avila 287
🗳️ Ballot measures (1)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure SL
2022-11-08 · Passed — 1,046 yes / 1,014 no
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Wed Nov 4, 2026 · 12:30 PM
Senior Citizens Commission
Public Safety Conference Room
Recent meetings
Tue Oct 27, 2026 · 5:00 PM
City Council
Council Chambers
🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approve
5 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Ivan Altamirano yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6288 — approve
5 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Ivan Altamirano yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
Tue Oct 27, 2026 · 5:00 PM
City Council
Council Chambers
Wed Oct 21, 2026 · 6:30 PM
Planning Commission
City Council Chamber
Wed Oct 21, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Disabilities Access and Opportunity
Public Safety/Community Services Conference Room
Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 6:30 PM
Traffic Commission
Pubic Safety/Community Services Conference Room
Mon Oct 19, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Community Services Commission
Public Safety Conference Room 2535 Commerce Way Commerce, CA 90040
Mon Oct 12, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Library Commission
Community Services Program Room
Wed Oct 7, 2026 · 12:30 PM
Senior Citizens Commission
Public Safety Conference Room
Mon Oct 5, 2026 · 7:00 PM
Youth Advisory Commission
City of Commerce Teen Center 5107 Astor Ave. Commerce, CA 90040
Thu Oct 1, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Park & Recreation Commission
Council Chambers
Mon Sep 28, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Community Services Commission
Community Services Conference Room
Tue Sep 22, 2026 · 5:00 PM
City Council
Council Chambers
🗳️ How they voted (6 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approve
4 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6250 — approve
4 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6256 — approve
4 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6261 — adopt
4 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6268 — adopt
4 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6257 — approve
4 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
Mon Sep 21, 2026 · 6:30 PM
Planning Commission
City Council Chamber
Mon Sep 21, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Community Services Commission
Public Safety Conference Room 2535 Commerce Way Commerce, CA 90040
Thu Sep 17, 2026 · 5:01 PM
City Council
SPANISH AGENDA -Council Chambers
Thu Sep 17, 2026 · 5:00 PM
City Council
Council Chambers
Wed Sep 16, 2026 · 6:30 PM
Planning Commission
Community Services Conference Room
Wed Sep 16, 2026 · 6:30 PM
Disabilities Access and Opportunity
Public Safety/Community Services Conference Room
Mon Sep 14, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Library Commission
Community Services Program Room
Wed Sep 9, 2026 · 5:30 PM
Traffic Commission
Public Safety & Community Services Conference Room
Tue Sep 8, 2026 · 5:00 PM
City Council
Council Chambers
Mon Sep 7, 2026 · 7:00 PM
Youth Advisory Commission
City of Commerce Teen Center
5107 Astor Ave. Commerce, CA 90040
Thu Sep 3, 2026 · 5:01 PM
City Council
SPANISH AGENDA -Council Chambers
Thu Sep 3, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Park & Recreation Commission
Public Safety/Community Services Conference Room
Thu Sep 3, 2026 · 5:00 PM
City Council
Council Chambers
Wed Sep 2, 2026 · 12:30 PM
Senior Citizens Commission
Council Chamber
Tue Aug 25, 2026 · 5:01 PM
City Council
SPANISH AGENDA -Council Chambers
Tue Aug 25, 2026 · 5:00 PM
City Council
Council Chambers
🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approve
5 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Ivan Altamirano yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6226 — approve
5 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Ivan Altamirano yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
14-6234 — adopt
5 yea
Kevin Lainez yea · Mireya Garcia yea · Ivan Altamirano yea · Hugo Argumedo yea · Oralia Rebollo yea
Wed Aug 19, 2026 · 6:30 PM
Planning Commission
Council Chambers
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💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $4.6M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000008802/4100026342/BEEF COARSE |
| $3.9M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · 2000008192/4100024454/BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB |
| $3.2M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000008735/4100026222/BEEF COARSE |
| $2.9M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · 2000005694/4100016061/BEEF ROAST ROUND FRZ CTN-38-42 LB |
| $2.6M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · 2000007116/4100021085/BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB |
| $2.6M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000009458/4100028041/BEEF COARSE |
| $2.6M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000008778/4100026304/BEEF ROAST R |
| $2.5M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · 2000005618/4100015959/BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB |
| $2.4M | INTERSTATE MEAT CO., INC. Department of Agriculture · 2000006913/4100019949/BEEF ROAST ROUND FRZ CTN-38-42 LB |
| $2.1M | SUNTIFF, LLC Department of the Treasury · BEP DCF PARKING PROGRAM SERVICES |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Los Angeles County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities7 (3 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments304,988 (3,987,736 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,625/mo (242 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy34.3% (low numeracy 43% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
714
Recorded votes
$167.6M
Annual budget
$42.7M
Debt outstanding
450
Employees on payroll
20
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$167.6M
Spending$98.2M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
Debt load LOW
Outstanding debt$42.7M
Debt-to-revenue0.26×
Debt-load index30 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
The money — out
source: city procurement & payrollWho the city actually cuts checks to.
450 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.