Best PlacesLos Cerritos, Long Beach, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Los Cerritos, Long Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Los Cerritos, Long Beach ranks 1,669th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Los Cerritos, Long Beach
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Los Cerritos, Long Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Los Cerritos, Long Beach ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 302 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Household income$114,929 median, better than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Los Cerritos, Long Beach ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Short commute30.0 minutes each way, better than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Los Cerritos, Long Beach
A household needs to earn about $250,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Los Cerritos, Long Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $114,929, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Los Cerritos, Long Beach's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Los Cerritos, Long Beach
Los Cerritos, Long Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Los Cerritos, Long Beach.
Who works in Los Cerritos, Long Beach, and how
Work in Los Cerritos, Long Beach centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Los Cerritos, Long Beach
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Los Cerritos, Long Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Los Cerritos, Long Beach, month by month
Los Cerritos, Long Beach sees roughly 302 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 65° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Los Cerritos, Long Beach
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 15 miles away.
The best schools in and around Los Cerritos, Long Beach
Schools across Los Cerritos, Long Beach average an A−, better than 94% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Los Cerritos ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Birney ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Helen Keller MiddleA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation AcademyA+ · 86% proficient
- Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & ScienceA+ · 83% proficient
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Los Cerritos, Long Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Los Cerritos, Long Beach measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Los Cerritos, Long Beach against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Los Cerritos, Long Beach
Is Los Cerritos, Long Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Los Cerritos, Long Beach ranks 1,669th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Los Cerritos, Long Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $958,223. The overall cost of living runs about 42% above the national average. Set against a $114,929 median income, cost of living beats 55% of neighborhoods.
Is Los Cerritos, Long Beach safe?
Los Cerritos, Long Beach is safer than 48% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $498 per resident a year.
Compare Los Cerritos, Long Beach with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Los Cerritos, Long Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Los Cerritos, Long Beach represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Los Cerritos, Long Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Los Cerritos, Long Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Los Cerritos, Long Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Los Cerritos, Long Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Los Cerritos, Long Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Los Cerritos, Long Beach detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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