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Compton Unified School District, CA

148,168 Population
17.7 square miles 8,381.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Los Angeles County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,907 ±$1,828 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Los Angeles County: $46,429 ±$431
  • about half the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,929 ±$8,752 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Los Angeles County: $90,845 ±$839
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.4% ±3.5% (22,425  ±5,229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Los Angeles County: 13.3% 1,275,371 (±0.3% / ±32,513)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.3 minutes ±1.3 (2,058,325  ±212,538) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Los Angeles County: 31.8 131,344,464 (±0.3 / ±1,351,266)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

38,481 ±2,461 Number of households
  • Los Angeles County: 3,485,810 ±9,476
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.8 ±0.3 (146,121  ±7,924) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Los Angeles County: 2.7 9,555,826 (±0 / ±1,885)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±1.6% (1,576  ±658) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Los Angeles County: 3.8% 92,652 (±0.2% / ±5,767)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,945 ±2,553 Number of housing units
  • Los Angeles County: 3,709,264 ±836
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$617,700 ±$13,142 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Los Angeles County: $866,500 ±$4,947
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

3.7% ±1.1% (5,469  ±1,647.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Los Angeles County: 8.9% 857,847 (±0.3% / ±26,373.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

64.6% ±6.5% (63,374  ±4,377.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Los Angeles County: 81.4% 5,649,635 (±0.6% / ±38,441.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
10.7% ±1.5% (10,514  ±1,639.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Los Angeles County: 37.2% 2,582,040 (±0.4% / ±25,350)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

31.5% ±2.9% (46,724  ±4,955) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Los Angeles County: 34% 3,317,967
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.9% ±0.6% (2,172  ±682) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Los Angeles County: 2.5% 197,579 (±0.1% / ±7,867)
  • about half the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,172 Total veterans ±682 1,989 Male ±654 183 Female ±186

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