El Cerrito vs Homeland

A side-by-side comparison of El Cerrito and Homeland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Homeland has the higher population (6,060 vs 5,121 in El Cerrito). El Cerrito has the higher median household income ($122,472 vs $54,863 in Homeland). El Cerrito has the higher median home value ($598,000 vs $189,600 in Homeland).

Population, income & housing

	El Cerrito	Homeland
Population	5,121	6,060
Median age	35.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$122,472	$54,863
Median home value	$598,000	$189,600
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,640
Housing units	1,521	2,294
Homeownership rate	79.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Cerrito	Homeland
Population	5,630 → 5,121 (-9.0%)	7,086 → 6,060 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$87,118 → $122,472 (+40.6%)	$49,180 → $54,863 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$463,100 → $598,000 (+29.1%)	$156,300 → $189,600 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,776 (+13.3%)	$1,088 → $1,640 (+50.7%)

El Cerrito

Population

5,6305,121

Median household income

$87,118$122,472

Median home value

$463,100$598,000

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,776

Homeland

Population

7,0866,060

Median household income

$49,180$54,863

Median home value

$156,300$189,600

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Cerrito	Homeland
Under 5	7.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	18.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.1%
75 and over	6.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Cerrito	Homeland
White (non-Hispanic)	40.3%	29.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	68.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Cerrito	Homeland
No high school diploma	19.5%	24.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Cerrito	Homeland
Drove alone	78.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	15.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	15.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Cerrito	Homeland
1-unit, detached	96.5%	24.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	74.0%

Poverty & households

	El Cerrito	Homeland
Poverty rate	5.4%	11.4%
Average household size	3.49	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	42	40
Median year structure built	1979	1978