Photo: The original uploader was AllyUnion at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Cerritos, CA: what to set up and who to call
All of Cerritos gets its mail under one ZIP code, 90703. For emergencies, Cerritos is closest to Coast Plaza Hospital, 3.6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cerritos, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Cerritos.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cerritos. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Cerritos - City, Water Dept.
Cerritos - City, Water Dept. supplies almost all of Cerritos. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. as seller) and serves 47,475 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA1910019.
5 home internet providers serve Cerritos
99% of 14,543 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 94% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 83% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 67% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 32% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Cerritos is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cerritos, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)The town’s pickup schedule (PDF)
E-Recycling of California
7230 Petterson Lane, Paramount, CA 90723
From cerritos.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Cerritos (98%) is in ABC Unified School District; parts are in Bellflower Unified School District (2%).
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Cerritos is in ZIP code 90703
ZIP codes where Cerritos residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cerritos | ZIP’s residents in Cerritos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90703 | Cerritos, CA | 99% | 99% |
A few homes fall in 90623, 90701.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Cerritos
Who supplies Cerritos’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Cerritos - City, Water Dept. (EPA ID CA1910019). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cerritos?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cerritos?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cerritos?
90703. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cerritos in?
ABC Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Bellflower Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Cerritos?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder County Clerk. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Cerritos’ own website (cerritos.gov), read Oct 23, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.