City comparison
Commerce City, CO is about 900 miles (1,400 km) from Rancho Cordova, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Commerce City, CO to Rancho Cordova, CA takes about 1 h 46 min, covering roughly 900 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Commerce City, CO is on Mountain Time and Rancho Cordova, CA is on Pacific Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Commerce City, it's 11 a.m. in Rancho Cordova, which puts Commerce City 1 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Rancho Cordova has a population of 79,128, vs 63,050 in Commerce City — about 1.3× larger by population. By land area, Commerce City covers about 37 sq mi vs 35 sq mi for Rancho Cordova.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Commerce City | Rancho Cordova | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,540/mo | $1,599/mo | 3.8% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Median home value | $436,500 | $415,900 | 5.0% higher in Commerce City |
| Median household income | $96,484 | $85,099 | 13.4% higher in Commerce City |
| Groceries index | 101.2 | 105.1 | 3.8% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Utilities index | 91.2 | 148.9 | 63.3% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Transportation index | 99.9 | 100.7 | 0.8% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Healthcare index | 99.9 | 100.6 | 0.7% higher in Rancho Cordova |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Commerce City, you'd need $99,839 in Rancho Cordova to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Commerce City and Rancho Cordova have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 11% higher in Commerce City than in Rancho Cordova. If you earn $80,000 in Commerce City, you'd need about $79,871 in Rancho Cordova to keep the same standard of living.