Cerritos vs Rowland Heights

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

Cerritos and Rowland Heights 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 46,787 in Rowland Heights). Cerritos has the higher median household income ($133,953 vs $85,202 in Rowland Heights). Cerritos has the higher median home value ($908,600 vs $812,900 in Rowland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
Population	48,340	46,787
Median age	47.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,953	$85,202
Median home value	$908,600	$812,900
Median gross rent	$2,909	$1,929
Housing units	16,054	15,731
Homeownership rate	74.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
Population	50,143 → 48,340 (-3.6%)	50,347 → 46,787 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$106,190 → $133,953 (+26.1%)	$75,587 → $85,202 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$685,300 → $908,600 (+32.6%)	$637,900 → $812,900 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,410 → $2,909 (+20.7%)	$1,613 → $1,929 (+19.6%)

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

Rowland Heights

Population

50,34746,787

Median household income

$75,587$85,202

Median home value

$637,900$812,900

Median gross rent

$1,613$1,929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
Under 5	3.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.8%
75 and over	11.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	6.4%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	61.6%	59.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	30.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
No high school diploma	6.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	13.0%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
Drove alone	70.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.8%
Public transit	1.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.3%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
1-unit, detached	81.0%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Cerritos	Rowland Heights
Poverty rate	5.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.05	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1974	1976