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El Cerrito, CA

25,994 Population
3.7 square miles 7,079.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$73,055 ±$4,973 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $74,352 ±$502
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$127,876 ±$9,939 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $136,027 ±$1,102
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

6.9% ±1.4% (1,781  ±370) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 8.9% 407,620 (±0.2% / ±8,364)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

33.3 minutes ±1 (304,710  ±22,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31 54,373,992 (±0.1 / ±403,079)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

10,831 ±293 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,744,070 ±3,948
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.4 ±0.1 (25,848  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.6 4,552,063 (±0 / ±1,249)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

3.6% ±1.3% (226  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 53,287 (±0.2% / ±1,904)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

11,247 ±317 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,880,374 ±609
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$1,124,400 ±$22,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,140,700 ±$3,829
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

15.2% ±2.6% (3,909  ±663.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 12.1% 555,093 (±0.2% / ±8,532.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

96.3% ±3.5% (19,137  ±825.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,044,826 (±0.4% / ±13,090.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
67.6% ±2.9% (13,420  ±659.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 52.9% 1,798,778 (±0.3% / ±9,450.1)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

31.4% ±2.4% (8,168  ±611) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.9% 1,481,065
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

2.4% ±0.6% (524  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3.2% 121,131 (±0.1% / ±2,623)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
524 Total veterans ±123 496 Male ±121 28 Female ±23

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