El Cerrito is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 25,552 people and ten associated neighborhoods, El Cerrito is the 281st largest community in California.

Housing costs in El Cerrito are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that El Cerrito has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, El Cerrito is also a city of artists. El Cerrito has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape El Cerrito’s character.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that El Cerrito has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 27.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In El Cerrito, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

For the size of the city, public transportation in El Cerrito is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For El Cerrito, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to El Cerrito, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. El Cerrito is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 66.25% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in El Cerrito in 2022 was $72,937, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $291,748 for a family of four. However, El Cerrito contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

El Cerrito is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call El Cerrito home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of El Cerrito residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. El Cerrito also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in El Cerrito include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

El Cerrito also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.89%.

The most common language spoken in El Cerrito is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.