Living In C3

Commerce City is truly a Quality Community for a Lifetime. Residents and visitors experience a high quality of life thanks in part to an active outdoor lifestyle. An ideal climate with moderate temperatures, low levels of humidity, and abundant sunshine allows Commerce City visitors and residents the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors all year long.

Commerce City has redefined itself for the next generation, building on its historic values of community, industry, agriculture, and family. The city is a safe, diverse, and welcoming community, complete with over 25 miles of trails, a championship golf course, 840 acres of open space and parks, and over 2,000 thriving businesses. Learn about all the city’s recreation and outdoors amenities. 

Businesses, residents and visitors can experience firsthand the high quality of life Commerce City offers:

Around Commerce City

Buffalo Run Golf Course

Buffalo Run Golf Course is an 18-hole course with lush greens, expansive fairways, and picturesque views of the Rocky Mountains all year long. Since 1996, it has offered visitors the complete golf experience from 5 sets of tees that accommodate all levels of golfer to exquisite catering and banquet facilities.

Paradice Island Outdoor Pool

Paradice Island is the city’s outdoor game-themed leisure pool located at the east end of Pioneer Park. A state-of-the-art aquatic facility, the 2-acre center features a 5,000-square-foot leisure pool, three water slides, a 250-foot lazy river, a 1,700-square-foot toddler pool, cabana rentals, and more.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

The Arsenal is a 15,000-acre National Wildlife Refuge adjacent to Commerce City containing prairie, wetland and woodland habitats. The Refuge is a sanctuary for more than 330 species of animals including bison, bald eagles, coyotes, and black-footed ferrets. Visitors each year can experience wildlife viewing, education and interpretive programs, catch-and-release fishing, and 20 miles of hiking trails while at the refuge.

Dicks Sporting Goods Park

The 18,000-seat Dick’s Sporting Goods Park is a soccer-specific stadium in Commerce City and home to the MLS Colorado Rapids. Visitors also enjoy international soccer and lacrosse tournaments, live concerts, and a variety of other sporting events and competitions occurring throughout the year.

Finally, Commerce City delivers a strong economy for its residents with increasing home values thanks to economic growth and a robust housing sector in the region. Cost of living is rising in the area but is still competitive compared to major cities on both coasts of the United States.