COMMERCE CITY COLORADO REAL ESTATE

The housing is ample in Commerce City and offers a fair amount of square feet for the price. There is a wide range of attractive home styles with two to four bedrooms and multiple bath single family residences as well as town homes and condominiums. Home cost is determined by location, square footage and number of amenities.

History of Commerce City

The present site of the Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds was once known as Henderson Island, a settlement founded by John D. Henderson. He built a trading post, ranch and hotel where he sold food and supplies to gold prospectors on their way to the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush. The area that grew around the unincorporated settlement in the years that followed  was called Commerce Town.

Commerce Town was a thriving agricultural community with wheat farms, pig farms and dairies throughout the 1920’s,  In the 1930’s, however, the Continental Oil Company established an oil refinery in Commerce Town and after that several grain elevators were built.  In 1942, the army built the Rocky Mountain Arsenal just east of the town and the   of the town changed from agricultural to industrial and commercial.

In 1951 the city of Denver was making plans to annex  Commerce Town, so 300 citizens of Commerce Town voted to incorporate.  In 1962 Commerce Town annexed the nearby Derby area and its population became large enough to qualify as a city and Commerce City became its official name. Today’s Commerce City is a flourishing community of attractive housing, numerous parks, schools and up-to-date shops and civic and business concerns. 

Recreation and Culture

Commerce City is seven miles northeast of Denver and all of that city’s rich cultural resources are handily available to Commerce City residents.  Myriad shops, both American and multi-ethnic restaurants, theaters and art  museums and galleries along with sports and entertainment venues are all tantalizingly nearby. The town also has its own selection of Pizzerias, Delis, Mexican, Chinese among many other restaurant specialties as well as its own blend of unique shops and businesses.

Commerce City also offers many opportunities for sports, leisure and recreational activities.  Residents and visitors alike can access 17 municipal parks, 27 miles of trails and 360 acres of open space. Commerce City’s brand new 917 acre Prairie Gateway is one of the country’s largest urban native preserves with abundant wildlife including deer, fox and beaver as well as a remarkable and rare short grass prairie. The site of the former Rocky Mountain Arsenal will become a National Wildlife Refuge and feature a herd of American Bison.

Recreation facilities include Commerce City Recreation Center, Belle Creek Family Center and Reunion Recreation Center. Pioneer Park’s softball complex and the Buffalo Run Championship Golf Course and the Mile High Greyhound Park Dog Track are popular spots for locals and visitors alike. Commerce City is also the chosen site of a new 20,000 seat soccer stadium and sports complex and the proud hosts of the Colorado Rapids major league soccer team.

Commerce City Real Estate Statistics

There is currently 466 total listings in COMMERCE CITY:

• Condominumum - 33. The median Condominumum price is $211,682. Condominumums in COMMERCE CITY range from $53,600 to $530,000
• Income 7. The median Incomes price is $302,140. Income property in COMMERCE CITY ranges from $120,000 to $1,200,000
• Land 18. The median home price is $630,655. Land in COMMERCE CITY ranges from $34,900 to $3,500,000
• Homes 262. The median home price is $232,136. Homes in COMMERCE CITY range from $34,900 to $2,200,000