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Los Cerritos

About 700 large homes on wide streets around the Virginia Country Club and the 1844 Rancho Los Cerritos adobe

A shaded veranda with green wooden posts, a herringbone brick floor and dark benches leading to a green double gate in a stone wall
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Median askingLos Cerritos$1.45M11 for sale
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Los Cerritos, in short.

Los Cerritos is an upscale neighborhood in north Long Beach, ZIP 90807, with about 700 large homes on wide, tree-lined streets around the private Virginia Country Club, between the Los Angeles River and Long Beach Boulevard. It was laid out on October 7, 1906, from 330 acres around the 1844 Rancho Los Cerritos adobe, which still stands as a free city museum. The houses include work by Kirtland Cutter, Greene & Greene and Edward Killingsworth, and Country Club Drive was the Bueller family's street in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. As of September 2026, houses listed here asked about $1.27 million to $4 million.

Los Cerritos by the numbers.

  • 3,240Population
  • 55%Bachelor's degree or higherage 25+
  • $123,750Median household income
  • 47.8Median age
  • 1906SubdividedOctober 7, around the rancho
  • 90807ZIP codeLos Cerritos & the club

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2019–2023; neighborhood facts compiled by The Slava House.

Big old houses around the country club

Only a few of the roughly 700 homes here are for sale at any one time.

Los Cerritos is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in north Long Beach: roughly 700 homes and about 2,000 residents on wide streets that curve around the private Virginia Country Club. On the city's neighborhood map it runs from the Los Angeles River east to Long Beach Boulevard, next to Bixby Knolls, and some people call the whole area Los Cerritos/Virginia Country Club.

It's old in Long Beach terms. The tract was laid out on October 7, 1906, from 330 acres around Rancho Los Cerritos, the 1844 adobe that still stands inside the neighborhood as a free museum. Oil money built some of it: Thomas Gilcrease, the Oklahoma oilman, bought ten acres here in 1920, and the 1927 Tudor now known as the Leonie Pray House was built for a Signal Hill oilman.

The architecture ranges from Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor, Colonial Revival and Craftsman to mid-century modern. Kirtland Cutter, the Spokane architect, designed several houses here in his later years; there's a Greene & Greene house; and Edward Killingsworth, the Case Study architect, built his own family home in the neighborhood.

Hollywood keeps coming back. A Country Club Drive house was the Bueller home in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, another played Donnie Darko's house, two homes on Cedar Avenue appeared in American Pie, and the Leonie Pray House shows up in Weird Science.

One naming note, since it confuses people: Los Cerritos is a Long Beach neighborhood, not the city of Cerritos, which is a separate city to the northeast. Both names come from Rancho Los Cerritos, Spanish for 'the little hills.'

A cream two story house with a tiled roof and shuttered windows, partly hidden by olive trees, behind a trimmed hedge and a lawn
The Henry Clock House on Pine Avenue, a city landmark behind old olive treesPhoto: Los Angeles (Wikimedia Commons user), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Los Cerritos compared with all of Long Beach.

Los Cerritos asks 62% more than Long Beach as a whole.

A square foot costs about the same in Los Cerritos as across Long Beach.

Listings in Los Cerritos have been on the market 24 fewer days than across Long Beach.

What’s for sale

45% of the homes for sale in Los Cerritos are single-family houses.

  • Single-family45%5 homes
  • Multi-unit27%3 homes
  • Townhouse18%2 homes
  • Other9%1 home

Homes for sale in Los Cerritos are 2.8 times the size of those across Long Beach.

Each card sets the median in Los Cerritos against all of Long Beach. The arrow on a card lists every Long Beach neighborhood we cover. Asking prices for homes on the market right now inside each mapped area, not sale prices. Updated October 3, 2026, 5:00 PM PT

Homes for sale in Los Cerritos

11 active listings in the mapped area

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Where to eat, shop, and explore in Los Cerritos

The restaurants, cafes, shops, parks, and landmarks that give Los Cerritos its everyday character, most within a short walk.

6 places

Pick one and I’ll show you where it is.

  1. Landmark5 min walk

    The neighborhood's best-known street, a curving avenue of large homes along the golf course. A house here was the Bueller family home in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, filmed in 1985, and another played Donnie Darko's house; the Long Beach Post calls it Long Beach's Hollywood boulevard.

    These are private homes; look from the sidewalk and let the residents be.

  2. Landmark10 min walk

    The two-story Monterey Colonial adobe built in 1844 for Jonathan Temple, later the Bixby family's ranch headquarters. The city bought it in 1955; it's now a National Historic Landmark and a museum with gardens.

    Free admission and free parking, Wednesday through Sunday.

  3. Recreation5 min walk

    A private golf and country club in the middle of the neighborhood. Its course gives the streets around it their green, open setting.

  4. Shopping · Nearby15 min walk

    A short drive east, Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls is the everyday main street: restaurants, coffee, shops, breweries and the monthly First Fridays art walk.

  5. Restaurant · Nearby10 min walk

    A container food hall at 3768 Long Beach Boulevard and Bixby Road, with several kitchens, coffee and beer. It's the easy casual dinner a few minutes east.

  6. Park · Nearby15 min walk

    A 26-acre city park at 4600 Long Beach Boulevard, just northeast, with a lake, lawns, tennis and basketball courts and a playground.

From an 1844 adobe to Long Beach's first upscale tract

Subdivided in 1906 around Rancho Los Cerritos and built out with estate homes through the 20th century.

Jonathan Temple built the adobe in 1844 as headquarters for a cattle ranch of about 27,000 acres. Flint, Bixby & Co. bought the rancho in 1866 and switched it to sheep, and Jotham Bixby, later called the father of Long Beach, managed it and raised his family there. On October 7, 1906, 330 acres around the ranch house were designated the Los Cerritos subdivision, and lots began to sell once streets were cut.

Building picked up in the 1920s. In 1920 Thomas Gilcrease bought ten acres along La Linda Drive and in 1922 subdivided them as La Linda, Spanish for 'the pretty'; it's now one of the oldest gated streets in Long Beach. In 1929 Kirtland Cutter designed three award-winning houses here; his Los Cerritos work includes the Clock House and Casa el Sueño. Pacific Electric streetcars served the area until 1961.

Llewellyn Bixby restored the adobe in 1929 and the family sold it to the city in 1955; it was named a National Historic Landmark in 1970. In 2007, Los Cerritos was one of three national finalists for Neighborhoods USA's Neighborhood of the Year.

A long white adobe wing with a red tile roof and green doors behind a garden bed, an old street lamp in front and tall trees under blue sky
A wing of the 1844 Rancho Los Cerritos adobe, now a free city museumPhoto: Konrad Summers (Flickr: tkksummers), CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rancho adobe built 1844; Flint, Bixby & Co. bought the rancho in 1866
  • 330 acres subdivided on October 7, 1906; La Linda subdivided in 1922
  • A 2007 Neighborhood of the Year finalist (Neighborhoods USA)

Architect-designed estates in every period style

Large houses on generous lots, from the 1910s to the 1960s.

These are big, well-built houses on large lots. Styles run from Spanish Colonial Revival with tile roofs and courtyards to Tudor and Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Monterey and mid-century modern, and many keep original wood, plaster and tile work that's hard to reproduce.

The pedigree goes deep. Kirtland Cutter's Clock House was built for John Clock, a president of the U.S. Golf Association. The Jennie A. Reeve House is by Greene & Greene. Paul Tay designed the Pekrul House in 1968, and Killingsworth's own house is here too.

Listings are few. In September 2026, six houses were for sale in our Los Cerritos map, asking about $1.27 million to $4 million, with a middle near $2.5 million. Duplexes asked about $950,000 to $1.47 million and two townhomes about $600,000 to $720,000.

An empty light rail platform under a white canopy with tracks running into the distance, low houses, trees and palms beside the line
The Metro A Line platform at Wardlow station, on the east edge of Los CerritosPhoto: HanSangYoon, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Large Spanish, Tudor, Colonial, Craftsman and mid-century homes
  • Houses by Kirtland Cutter, Greene & Greene, Killingsworth and Paul Tay
  • Houses asked about $1.27M to $4M in September 2026

What to check before you buy in Los Cerritos

Close comparable sales are rare, and a large older house comes with big upkeep bills.

The best houses draw serious competition, and there's rarely a close comparable sale to lean on. You end up valuing a house on its own architecture, lot and condition.

Los Cerritos is not one of the city's 18 historic districts, so most work follows standard permits rather than a Certificate of Appropriateness. Some houses may be individually landmarked, and La Linda is gated with its own rules, so ask about restrictions on the house you want. Keeping the original detail usually protects value.

A big old house comes with big bills: roofs, foundations, old wiring and plumbing. Inspect it properly and budget upkeep to match its size. Ask whether the house carries any club or HOA obligations, and look up its LBUSD school assignment.

How the Los Cerritos market works

Who designed the house can matter as much as its size.

As of September 2026, houses listed in Los Cerritos asked about $1.27 million to $4 million. The buyers are usually after a large, distinctive house on a quiet street.

The architect and style count, and so do the size and quality of the house and lot, how well it's been kept or restored, and how close it is to the club. With so few sales, broad averages don't mean much; a Cutter house and an updated traditional are different products.

A short drive to Atlantic Avenue and the freeways

Quiet and car-dependent, in the middle of north Long Beach.

Daily life is mostly by car, but the location is central. Atlantic Avenue's restaurants and shops in Bixby Knolls are a short drive east, and Scherer Park and the Rancho Los Cerritos gardens are close. The wide, low-traffic streets are good for walking and running, and Los Cerritos Park at Country Club Drive and Bixby Road has lighted tennis courts and a playground.

Long Beach Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue run north to south, the 405 is just south, and the 710 runs along the river on the west. The Metro A Line's Wardlow station on Long Beach Boulevard connects to Downtown Long Beach and Los Angeles, and Long Beach Airport is a short drive east.

More Los Cerritos facts

  • 1910s–1960sHome build eraPeriod estates to mid-century
  • ~700HomesAbout 2,000 residents
  • 1844Rancho adobeNational Historic Landmark
  • 330 acresLand subdividedAround the old ranch house

Rentals in Los Cerritos

5 active rentals in the mapped area

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Renting in Los Cerritos

Sometimes. It's mostly owner-occupied, so rentals are few, and they're usually whole houses or duplex units.

Compare Los Cerritos

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Questions & answers

Large, architect-designed homes on wide streets around the private Virginia Country Club, the 1844 Rancho Los Cerritos adobe, and film locations like the Ferris Bueller's Day Off house on Country Club Drive.

Explore near Los Cerritos

1.1 mi awayBixby KnollsNorth Long Beach's uptown: 1920s to 1940s houses under big trees, with the breweries on Atlantic a walk awayRead the guide ›1.3 mi awayCalifornia HeightsLong Beach's largest historic district: nearly 1,500 homes, most of them Spanish Colonial Revival, on streets with vintage lamppostsRead the guide ›4.3 mi awayDowntown Long BeachWhere Long Beach started: apartment towers and old storefronts, with the harbor at the foot of Pine AvenueRead the guide ›4.7 mi awayAlamitos BeachOld apartment blocks east of Downtown, with Broadway through the middle and the sand at the end of the streetRead the guide ›5.1 mi awayBluff ParkA 1982 historic district of big pre-war houses on the ocean bluff, facing a 13-acre strip of lawn above the beachRead the guide ›5.2 mi awayPark EstatesCustom mid-century and traditional houses, started in 1948, on curving streets between Recreation Park and Cal State Long BeachRead the guide ›

Written by Slava Ploshkin, Realtor ·

Where we check the facts

The facts in this guide (districts, zones, rules) come from the official records below. We re-check them before property tours.

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