California · Census place 12552
Cerritos city, CA
Quick answer
Cerritos city has 48,340 residents, ranking #195 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $133,953, the median home is worth $908,600 and median gross rent runs $2,909 a month.
- Population
- 48,340Cerritos city residents
- Median household income
- $133,953Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $908,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,909Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 47 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.6%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Cerritos city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Cerritos city median would spend about 26.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 6.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.9% of residents and 74.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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