Living here
Cost of living in Cerritos
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$2,909/mo
116% above US
Median home value
$908,600
199% above US
Median household income
$133,953
71% above US
Rent as share of income
26%
US 21%
Home price to income
6.8×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
10.25%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Cerritos compares
- Cerritos$2,909
- California$1,956
- United States$1,348
- Norwalk$2,014
- Downey$1,892
- Fullerton$2,124
- Westminster$2,100
- Whittier$1,829
- Pico Rivera$1,775
- South Gate$1,471
- Carson$1,914
- Cerritos$908,600
- California$695,400
- United States$303,400
- Norwalk$616,600
- Downey$728,500
- Fullerton$859,600
- Westminster$820,000
- Whittier$751,700
- Pico Rivera$621,400
- South Gate$608,500
- Carson$645,600
Taxes
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Life in Cerritos
Questions
Is Cerritos expensive to live in?
Housing in Cerritos is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $2,909 (116% above US) and the median home value is $908,600 (199% above US).
How much is rent in Cerritos?
The median gross rent is $2,909 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $2,151, 1 bedroom $2,402, 2 bedrooms $2,964, 3 bedrooms $3,760, 4 bedrooms $4,208.
How much of their income do renters spend in Cerritos?
At the median, a year’s rent ($34,908) equals about 26% of the median household income ($133,953); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Cerritos?
Sales tax is 10.25% and property taxes run about 0.62% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; CDTFA California City & County Sales & Use Tax Rates.