City of Commerce Location of Commerce in Los Angeles County, California Location of Commerce in Los Angeles County, California City of Commerce is positioned in the US City of Commerce - City of Commerce County Los Angeles Commerce is a town/city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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.

Commerce is served by the Long Beach and Santa Ana freeways, as well as the Metrolink commuter rail service at the Commerce station.

It is usually referred to as the "City of Commerce" to distinguish it from the common noun.

6.2 Los Angeles Unified School District The town/city was incorporated in 1960 to prevent neighboring metros/cities such as Vernon and Los Angeles from annexing industrialized land for tax revenue and propel its first town/city mayor, Maurice Quigley.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Commerce successfully negotiated the period of deindustrialization that hammered close-by cities such as South Gate and Norwalk, maintaining much of its manufacturing and goods-distribution base and successfully converting former industrialized land to lucrative commercial uses.

The owner of the Citadel, Steve Craig, hosts an annual Clean Up Commerce Day and enlists other businesses to work with the town/city and volunteers in beautifying a specific region of the city. With a primary rail yard inside its borders, Commerce has also benefited greatly from the huge expansion in global trade traffic through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, albeit at the cost of harsh air pollution caused by truck congestion on the Long Beach Freeway.

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. Commerce is positioned at 34 0 2 N 118 9 17 W (34.000613, -118.154781). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.5 square miles (17 km2), over 99% of it land.

The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Commerce had a populace of 12,823.

The populace was spread out with 3,824 citizens (29.8%) under the age of 18, 1,458 citizens (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 3,581 citizens (27.9%) aged 25 to 44, 2,590 citizens (20.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,370 citizens (10.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.

6,631 citizens (51.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,122 citizens (47.7%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Commerce had a median homehold income of $48,729, with 16.5% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. In the city, the populace was spread out with 33.8% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.

These were the ten metros/cities or neighborhoods in Los Angeles County with the biggest percentage of Latino residents, as stated to the 2000 census: East Los Angeles, California, 96.7% "Latino," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times 2 County of Los Angeles 910 13 City of Commerce 315 In the California State Legislature, Commerce is in the 32nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Tony Mendoza, and in the 58th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cristina Garcia. In the United States House of Representatives, Commerce is in California's 40th congressional district, represented by Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard. Commerce inhabitants have many civic services funded from taxes on the small-town 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, city-owned camp positioned in the San Bernardino National Forest An indoor 20 lane 50-foot marksmanship range is also available for firearms training and contract use (marksmanship range was shut down in 2010. Commerce is also one of the several metros/cities in California that provides its inhabitants with no-charge bus service. Commerce operates five bus lines inside the city, two routes running Sundays only, and one express bus between The Citadel shopping center and Downtown Los Angeles running seven days a week. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Whittier Health Center in Whittier, serving Commerce. The United States Postal Service Commerce Post Office is positioned at 5670 East Washington Boulevard. Fire protection in Commerce is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which has its command posts in Commerce. 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. Ambulance transport is provided by Care Ambulance Service.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the East Los Angeles Station in East Los Angeles, serving Commerce. Most of Commerce is served by Montebello Unified School District, while small portions are served by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Elementary schools that serve Commerce include: Intermediate schools that serve Commerce include: High schools that serve Commerce include: Los Angeles Unified School District Ford Boulevard Elementary School (Unincorporated Los Angeles County) Griffith Middle School (Unincorporated Los Angeles County) Garfield High School (Unincorporated Los Angeles County) "California Cities by Incorporation Date".

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