Cerritos vs La Mirada

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

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

Cerritos has the higher population (48,340 vs 46,945 in La Mirada). Cerritos has the higher median household income ($133,953 vs $110,177 in La Mirada). Cerritos has the higher median home value ($908,600 vs $763,200 in La Mirada).

Population, income & housing

	Cerritos	La Mirada
Population	48,340	46,945
Median age	47.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$133,953	$110,177
Median home value	$908,600	$763,200
Median gross rent	$2,909	$2,052
Housing units	16,054	15,341
Homeownership rate	74.6%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerritos	La Mirada
Population	50,143 → 48,340 (-3.6%)	48,764 → 46,945 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$106,190 → $133,953 (+26.1%)	$95,685 → $110,177 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$685,300 → $908,600 (+32.6%)	$569,500 → $763,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,410 → $2,909 (+20.7%)	$1,675 → $2,052 (+22.5%)

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

La Mirada

Population

48,76446,945

Median household income

$95,685$110,177

Median home value

$569,500$763,200

Median gross rent

$1,675$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerritos	La Mirada
Under 5	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.4%
75 and over	11.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerritos	La Mirada
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	26.4%
Black or African American	6.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	61.6%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerritos	La Mirada
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.8%
High school graduate	13.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerritos	La Mirada
Drove alone	70.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.3%
Public transit	1.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.3%	12.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerritos	La Mirada
1-unit, detached	81.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cerritos	La Mirada
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.5%
Average household size	3.05	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1974	1960