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Compton Unified School District, CA

145,642 Population
17.7 square miles 8,239 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Los Angeles County: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,450 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Los Angeles County: $44,874 ±$452
  • about half the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$71,486 ±$8,654 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Los Angeles County: $86,587 ±$901
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

18.9% ±3.6% (27,332  ±5,433) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Los Angeles County: 13.7% 1,304,964 (±0.4% / ±32,867)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

30.5 minutes ±1.3 (1,842,035  ±158,398) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Los Angeles County: 31.4 127,127,710 (±0.2 / ±1,114,157)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

38,522 ±2,688 Number of households
  • Los Angeles County: 3,450,470 ±10,382
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.7 ±0.3 (143,776  ±7,256) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Los Angeles County: 2.7 9,463,526 (±0 / ±2,537)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

5.3% ±1.7% (2,031  ±667) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Los Angeles County: 4.1% 99,329 (±0.2% / ±5,830)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

39,965 ±2,822 Number of housing units
  • Los Angeles County: 3,675,444 ±916
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$589,300 ±$16,470 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Los Angeles County: $828,700 ±$5,564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

4.4% ±1.4% (6,378  ±2,071.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Los Angeles County: 9.1% 866,069 (±0.3% / ±26,014.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

67.8% ±0.9% (64,109  ±4,160.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Los Angeles County: 81.3% 5,571,650
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
11.1% ±1.7% (10,495  ±1,755.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Los Angeles County: 36.5% 2,503,475
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

34.9% ±3.7% (50,842  ±5,957) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Los Angeles County: 33.5% 3,240,161
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

1.7% ±0.6% (1,883  ±669) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Los Angeles County: 2.6% 203,231 (±0.1% / ±7,362)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
1,883 Total veterans ±669 1,744 Male ±658 139 Female ±151

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