Cerritos is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 46,851 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Cerritos is the 187th largest community in California.
Cerritos home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Cerritos real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Cerritos has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Cerritos, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.69 minutes every day commuting to work.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Cerritos, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Cerritos is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.12% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Cerritos in 2022 was $54,839, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $219,356 for a family of four.
Cerritos is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cerritos home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cerritos residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Cerritos also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cerritos include English, German, Italian, Irish, and French.
In addition, Cerritos has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (43.74%).
The most common language spoken in Cerritos is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Korean.