El Cerrito is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 23,179 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, El Cerrito is the 293rd largest community in California.

El Cerrito is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, El Cerrito is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in El Cerrito who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.44%), management occupations (11.96%), and sales jobs (10.74%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that El Cerrito has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Of important note, El Cerrito is also a city of artists. El Cerrito has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape El Cerrito's character.

Also of interest is that El Cerrito has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

El Cerrito, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, El Cerrito is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One downside of living in El Cerrito is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In El Cerrito, the average commute to work is 32.25 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small city, El Cerrito does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

El Cerrito Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in El Cerrito. 55.99% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in El Cerrito in 2000 was $32,593, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,372 for a family of four.

El Cerrito is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call El Cerrito home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in El Cerrito is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in El Cerrito include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

El Cerrito also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.47%.

The languages spoken by people in El Cerrito are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in El Cerrito is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, and Japanese.