One downside of living in Compton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Compton, the average commute to work is 32.23 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Compton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.43% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Compton in 2022 was $22,278, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,112 for a family of four. However, Compton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Compton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Compton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Compton, accounting for 71.16% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Compton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Compton include African, Italian, Belizean, Irish, and Jamaican.
In addition, Compton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.43%).
The most common language spoken in Compton is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Tagalog.
