El Cerrito vs Oasis

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

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

El Cerrito has the higher population (5,121 vs 4,455 in Oasis). El Cerrito has the higher median household income ($122,472 vs $36,553 in Oasis). El Cerrito has the higher median home value ($598,000 vs $35,600 in Oasis).

Population, income & housing

	El Cerrito	Oasis
Population	5,121	4,455
Median age	35.7 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,472	$36,553
Median home value	$598,000	$35,600
Median gross rent	$1,776	$846
Housing units	1,521	1,341
Homeownership rate	79.4%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Cerrito	Oasis
Population	5,630 → 5,121 (-9.0%)	2,857 → 4,455 (+55.9%)
Median household income	$87,118 → $122,472 (+40.6%)	$19,457 → $36,553 (+87.9%)
Median home value	$463,100 → $598,000 (+29.1%)	$28,100 → $35,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,776 (+13.3%)	$607 → $846 (+39.4%)

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

Oasis

Population

2,8574,455

Median household income

$19,457$36,553

Median home value

$28,100$35,600

Median gross rent

$607$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Cerrito	Oasis
Under 5	7.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	18.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	5.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	3.5%
75 and over	6.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Cerrito	Oasis
White (non-Hispanic)	40.3%	0.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	3.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Cerrito	Oasis
No high school diploma	19.5%	74.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Cerrito	Oasis
Drove alone	78.2%	64.4%
Carpooled	15.0%	26.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Cerrito	Oasis
1-unit, detached	96.5%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	83.2%

Poverty & households

	El Cerrito	Oasis
Poverty rate	5.4%	37.5%
Average household size	3.49	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	42	27
Median year structure built	1979	1985