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Los Angeles vs Compton

Los Angeles, CA compared with Compton, CA · 14 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Compton’s 90,500. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. Compton does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Compton, CA
Population 3,869,089 90,500
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 9,026
Median household income $81,939 $78,465
Median home value $921,200 $580,200
Median rent $1,933 $1,664
Homeownership 36% 56.4%
Average commute 30.7 min 30.5 min
Median age 37.2 33.3
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 10.6%
Poverty rate 16.5% 17.9%
Unemployment 8.2% 8%
Price to income 11.2× 7.4×
Clear days a year 61 53
Days above 90°F 3 15

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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