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Cerritos city, California: commercial real estate data.
Cerritos city is a Census city of 47,867 people across 8.73 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $135,439, 75.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 94 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $50.8 m.
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Cerritos
What Cerritos is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.73 sq mi
- Water area0.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,485
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Cerritos
- Population47,867
- Median age47.7
- Population under 189,166
- Share under 1819.1 percent
- Population 65 and over12,687
- Share 65 and over26.5 percent
- Households16,065
- Family households13,239
- Share of households that are families82.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Cerritos
- Median household income$135,439
- Per capita income$57,886
- Civilian labor force22,765
- Employed21,615
- Unemployed1,150 plus or minus 230
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over35,726
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher58.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Cerritos
- Housing units16,343
- Occupied units16,065
- Vacant units278 plus or minus 116
- Vacancy rate1.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Owner occupied12,193
- Renter occupied3,872
- Ownership rate75.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$935,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,930
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.0 percent
- Single family units14,439
- Share single family88.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,892
- Share in buildings of two or more11.6 percent
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 21
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Cerritos gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,038
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,747
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,427
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.5 percent
- Drove alone68.3 percent
- Carpooled9.7 percent
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home19.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Cerritos borrowers
- Approvals94
- Gross approval$50,799,600
- Average approval$540,421
- Median approval$244,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,962,100
- Largest approval$4,627,000
- Jobs supported1,271
- Jobs per approval13.5
- Loans with a final outcome19
- Paid in full16
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans15.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.9 percent
- Share to franchises10.6 percent
- Distinct lenders34
- Distinct industries by NAICS59
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Cerritos borrowers
- Approvals27
- Gross approval$32,085,000
- Average approval$1,188,333
- Median approval$518,000
- Largest approval$4,995,000
- Jobs supported341
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs9
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood programme status in Cerritos
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060108
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Cerritos
Los Angeles County context, not Cerritos figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cerritos measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cerritos. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cerritos questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cerritos, California?
47,867, in 16,065 households. Cerritos city covers 8.73 square miles of land, which is 5,485 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cerritos in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cerritos?
$135,439. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $935,300. Median gross rent is $2,930 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Cerritos businesses?
94 7(a) approvals totalling $50.8 m, across 34 lenders, median approval $244,600, plus 27 504 approvals worth $32.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Cerritos, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Cerritos borrowers get paid back?
Of the 19 loans that have reached a final outcome, 16 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 15.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Cerritos in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Cerritos appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060108, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Cerritos figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cerritos.
Is zoning published for Cerritos?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.