Cerritos vs Covina

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

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

Covina has the higher population (50,143 vs 48,340 in Cerritos). Cerritos has the higher median household income ($133,953 vs $94,792 in Covina). Cerritos has the higher median home value ($908,600 vs $666,000 in Covina).

Population, income & housing

	Cerritos	Covina
Population	48,340	50,143
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,953	$94,792
Median home value	$908,600	$666,000
Median gross rent	$2,909	$1,839
Housing units	16,054	17,112
Homeownership rate	74.6%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerritos	Covina
Population	50,143 → 48,340 (-3.6%)	48,095 → 50,143 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$106,190 → $133,953 (+26.1%)	$70,780 → $94,792 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$685,300 → $908,600 (+32.6%)	$509,200 → $666,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,410 → $2,909 (+20.7%)	$1,484 → $1,839 (+23.9%)

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

Covina

Population

48,09550,143

Median household income

$70,780$94,792

Median home value

$509,200$666,000

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerritos	Covina
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.7%
75 and over	11.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerritos	Covina
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	19.9%
Black or African American	6.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	61.6%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	59.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerritos	Covina
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerritos	Covina
Drove alone	70.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.1%
Public transit	1.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.3%	11.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerritos	Covina
1-unit, detached	81.0%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	11.2%
20 or more units	5.8%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Cerritos	Covina
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.9%
Average household size	3.05	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1974	1964