Cerritos

Population & Demographics

Cerritos, CA

Cerritos is home to 47,867 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 22,486 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
47,867
people
Population

47,867 residents

Median age 47.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Cerritos population & demographics

Who lives in Cerritos — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
47,867
Median age
47.7yrs
Median household income
$135,439
Median home value
$935,300
Median gross rent
$2,930/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
58.0%
Poverty rate
5.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Cerritos

How Cerritos breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian61.7%
Hispanic or Latino16.0%
White11.7%
Black5.7%
Two or more races4.1%
Some other race0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Cerritos

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Cerritos.

Cerritos at a glance
Employed Residents
22,486
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cerritos proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Cerritos commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

37
Commute Score

37 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Cerritos

22,486 commutes, one dot at a time

Cerritos

Where 22,486 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Cerritos, by worker count.

1Los Angeles23.1 mi3,342
2Cerritos0.0 mi1,884
3Long Beach7.0 mi1,474
4Anaheim10.2 mi934
5Irvine20.9 mi619
6Buena Park3.8 mi484
7Torrance15.7 mi455
8Norwalk2.8 mi451

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cerritos.

1Los Angeles23.1 mi3,612
2Long Beach7.0 mi2,514
3Cerritos0.0 mi1,884
4Norwalk2.8 mi1,530
5Anaheim10.2 mi1,484
6Lakewood3.4 mi1,130
7Bellflower3.7 mi1,024
8Fullerton8.2 mi907

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cerritos’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade21.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.9%
EDEducational Services8.2%
TRTransportation and Warehousing8.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.8%
WSWholesale Trade6.8%
MFManufacturing6.7%
FIFinance and Insurance5.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Cerritos

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps7%
See all internet providers in Cerritos

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