Cerritos vs Rosemead

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

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

Rosemead has the higher population (50,340 vs 48,340 in Cerritos). Cerritos has the higher median household income ($133,953 vs $72,248 in Rosemead). Cerritos has the higher median home value ($908,600 vs $729,600 in Rosemead).

Population, income & housing

	Cerritos	Rosemead
Population	48,340	50,340
Median age	47.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$133,953	$72,248
Median home value	$908,600	$729,600
Median gross rent	$2,909	$1,728
Housing units	16,054	15,220
Homeownership rate	74.6%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerritos	Rosemead
Population	50,143 → 48,340 (-3.6%)	54,282 → 50,340 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$106,190 → $133,953 (+26.1%)	$57,999 → $72,248 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$685,300 → $908,600 (+32.6%)	$556,600 → $729,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,410 → $2,909 (+20.7%)	$1,353 → $1,728 (+27.7%)

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

Rosemead

Population

54,28250,340

Median household income

$57,999$72,248

Median home value

$556,600$729,600

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerritos	Rosemead
Under 5	3.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.6%
75 and over	11.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerritos	Rosemead
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	3.7%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	61.6%	64.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerritos	Rosemead
No high school diploma	6.2%	33.8%
High school graduate	13.0%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerritos	Rosemead
Drove alone	70.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.1%
Public transit	1.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	17.3%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerritos	Rosemead
1-unit, detached	81.0%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	14.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Cerritos	Rosemead
Poverty rate	5.9%	14.1%
Average household size	3.05	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1974	1959