Azusa vs Cerritos

A side-by-side comparison of Azusa and Cerritos: population, income, housing, and more.

Azusa and Cerritos are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Azusa has the higher population (49,318 vs 48,340 in Cerritos). Cerritos has the higher median household income ($133,953 vs $85,727 in Azusa). Cerritos has the higher median home value ($908,600 vs $607,400 in Azusa).

Population, income & housing

	Azusa	Cerritos
Population	49,318	48,340
Median age	33.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,727	$133,953
Median home value	$607,400	$908,600
Median gross rent	$1,831	$2,909
Housing units	15,288	16,054
Homeownership rate	55.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Azusa	Cerritos
Population	49,753 → 49,318 (-0.9%)	50,143 → 48,340 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$68,216 → $85,727 (+25.7%)	$106,190 → $133,953 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$418,800 → $607,400 (+45.0%)	$685,300 → $908,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,831 (+24.7%)	$2,410 → $2,909 (+20.7%)

Azusa

Population

49,75349,318

Median household income

$68,216$85,727

Median home value

$418,800$607,400

Median gross rent

$1,468$1,831

Cerritos

Population

50,14348,340

Median household income

$106,190$133,953

Median home value

$685,300$908,600

Median gross rent

$2,410$2,909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Azusa	Cerritos
Under 5	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	14.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	13.5%
75 and over	4.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Azusa	Cerritos
White (non-Hispanic)	15.0%	11.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	14.6%	61.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	64.9%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Azusa	Cerritos
No high school diploma	19.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Azusa	Cerritos
Drove alone	69.1%	70.2%
Carpooled	13.6%	9.9%
Public transit	2.6%	1.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	17.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Azusa	Cerritos
1-unit, detached	48.3%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	11.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Azusa	Cerritos
Poverty rate	12.6%	5.9%
Average household size	3.15	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1969	1974