Living here
What renters actually pay, by number of bedrooms, and how Cerritos compares with California and the US.
Median rent
$2,909/mo
116% above US
1 bedroom
$2,390/mo
103% above US
2 bedrooms
$2,689/mo
101% above US
Renters paying 30%+ of income
40%
US 50%
Renter households
4,004
Median gross rent (contract rent plus utilities) for occupied rental units, by bedrooms. Income needed uses the 30% rule.
Nearby cities are other Local City Network guides in California, nearest first.
At 30% of income you can spend about $2,689 a month.
Green means the median Cerritos rent for that size fits your budget. Landlords often ask for income of 2.5–3× the monthly rent.
40% of Cerritos renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent, and 22% spend half or more. The typical renter household puts 25.2% of its income toward rent (US: 50% and 25%).
HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area are the payment benchmarks for housing vouchers (about the 40th percentile of recent movers’ rents), so they often differ from the medians above.
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Watch on YouTube ↗The median gross rent (rent plus utilities) is $2,909 a month, 49% above the California median and 116% above the national median.
The median one-bedroom rents for $2,390 a month (US: $1,180).
The median two-bedroom rents for $2,689 a month (US: $1,338).
Using the common 30% rule, a median two-bedroom ($2,689) takes a household income of about $107,560 a year, and a one-bedroom about $95,600.
About 40% of Cerritos renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent, and 22% spend at least half (US: 50% and 25%).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates (tables B25031, B25070 and B25071). Estimates have margins of error; figures are in 2023 dollars.