Bay Point vs El Cerrito

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Point and El Cerrito: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay Point and El Cerrito are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Cerrito has the higher population (25,781 vs 24,065 in Bay Point). El Cerrito has the higher median household income ($127,475 vs $80,684 in Bay Point). El Cerrito has the higher median home value ($1,107,500 vs $479,100 in Bay Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
Population	24,065	25,781
Median age	32.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,684	$127,475
Median home value	$479,100	$1,107,500
Median gross rent	$1,946	$2,444
Housing units	6,901	11,177
Homeownership rate	57.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
Population	25,808 → 24,065 (-6.8%)	25,398 → 25,781 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$65,098 → $80,684 (+23.9%)	$108,298 → $127,475 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$302,900 → $479,100 (+58.2%)	$804,700 → $1,107,500 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,946 (+31.0%)	$1,956 → $2,444 (+24.9%)

Bay Point

Population

25,80824,065

Median household income

$65,098$80,684

Median home value

$302,900$479,100

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,946

El Cerrito

Population

25,39825,781

Median household income

$108,298$127,475

Median home value

$804,700$1,107,500

Median gross rent

$1,956$2,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
Under 5	8.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.5%
75 and over	4.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	45.1%
Black or African American	8.5%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	11.9%	29.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	62.7%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
No high school diploma	27.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
Drove alone	70.2%	41.0%
Carpooled	19.1%	7.1%
Public transit	5.3%	17.3%
Walked	0.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	4.4%	27.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
1-unit, detached	69.4%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay Point	El Cerrito
Poverty rate	13.3%	7.5%
Average household size	3.55	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1981	1956