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El Cerrito CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
El Cerrito CDP is a Census CDP of 5,325 people across 2.60 square miles of land, in Riverside County. Median household income is $108,882, 81.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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El Cerrito
What El Cerrito is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.6 sq mi
- Water area0.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,047
- County holding the largest share of its areaRiverside 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.
El Cerrito
How many people live in El Cerrito
- Population5,325
- Median age35.7
- Population under 181,271 plus or minus 368
- Share under 1823.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over723 plus or minus 210
- Share 65 and over13.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households1,501
- Family households1,197
- Share of households that are families79.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Cerrito
Income and work in El Cerrito
- Median household income$108,882 plus or minus $32,954
- Per capita income$35,998
- Civilian labor force2,421
- Employed2,279
- Unemployed142 plus or minus 97
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over3,656
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Cerrito
Housing in El Cerrito
- Housing units1,562
- Occupied units1,501
- Vacant units61 plus or minus 71
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied1,226
- Renter occupied275 plus or minus 103
- Ownership rate81.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$627,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,787 plus or minus $690
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Single family units1,518
- Share single family97.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more44 plus or minus 59
- Share in buildings of two or more2.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Cerrito
How El Cerrito gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,030
- Commuting under 15 minutes344 plus or minus 177
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.9 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,290 plus or minus 294
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more63.5 percent
- Drove alone74.7 percent
- Carpooled16.1 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home5.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Cerrito
Flood risk in El Cerrito
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number065027
- Currently effective map date03/21/17
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.
Riverside County, not El Cerrito
Riverside County context, not El Cerrito figures
These are Riverside County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as El Cerrito measurements.
- Establishments in Riverside County46,244
- Employment at those establishments, Riverside County687,526
- Covered employment, Riverside County840,433
- Average annual pay, Riverside County$59,734
- Average weekly wage, Riverside County$1,149
- Housing units permitted, Riverside County9,598
- Of those, single family, Riverside County8,016
- County product, 2024, Riverside County$134,756,586,000
- County product change over the prior year, Riverside County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Riverside County$80,685
Every figure in this section is published for Riverside County as a whole and is not a measurement of El Cerrito. 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.
- No SBA figures are shown. withheld: California has 2 places named El Cerrito and the tape records none of their loans in Riverside County.
- 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
El Cerrito questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in El Cerrito, California?
5,325, in 1,501 households. El Cerrito CDP covers 2.60 square miles of land, which is 2,047 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is El Cerrito in?
Riverside 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 El Cerrito?
$108,882. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $627,400. Median gross rent is $1,787 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is El Cerrito in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. El Cerrito appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 065027, 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 El Cerrito figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Riverside 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 El Cerrito.
Is zoning published for El Cerrito?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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