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Compton city, California: commercial real estate data.
Compton city is a Census city of 92,698 people across 10.03 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $78,465, 56.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 118 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $87.8 m.
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Compton
What Compton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.03 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land9,245
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Compton
How many people live in Compton
- Population92,698
- Median age33.3
- Population under 1825,351
- Share under 1827.3 percent
- Population 65 and over9,900
- Share 65 and over10.7 percent
- Households24,011
- Family households18,967
- Share of households that are families79.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Compton
Income and work in Compton
- Median household income$78,465
- Per capita income$24,592
- Civilian labor force44,852
- Employed41,257
- Unemployed3,595
- Unemployment rate8.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over57,994
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher65.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Compton
Housing in Compton
- Housing units25,039
- Occupied units24,011
- Vacant units1,028 plus or minus 206
- Vacancy rate4.1 percent
- Owner occupied13,544
- Renter occupied10,467
- Ownership rate56.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$580,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,664
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.4 percent
- Single family units18,475
- Share single family73.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,876
- Share in buildings of two or more23.5 percent
- Mobile homes656 plus or minus 202
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Compton
How Compton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute38,412
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,797
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more19,333
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.3 percent
- Drove alone75.3 percent
- Carpooled12.4 percent
- Public transport3.9 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home5.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Compton
SBA loans in Compton (7(a))
- Approvals118
- Gross approval$87,768,900
- Average approval$743,804
- Median approval$382,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,893,400
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,089
- Jobs per approval9.2
- Loans with a final outcome29
- Paid in full29
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more39.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders43
- Distinct industries by NAICS67
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Compton
SBA loans in Compton (504)
- Approvals93
- Gross approval$158,691,000
- Average approval$1,706,355
- Median approval$1,347,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported1,401
- Loans with a final outcome41
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs10
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Compton
Flood risk in Compton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060111
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Compton
Los Angeles County context, not Compton figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Compton measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Compton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Compton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Compton, California?
92,698, in 24,011 households. Compton city covers 10.03 square miles of land, which is 9,245 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Compton in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Compton?
$78,465. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $580,200. Median gross rent is $1,664 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Compton businesses?
118 7(a) approvals totalling $87.8 m, across 43 lenders, median approval $382,000, plus 93 504 approvals worth $158.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Compton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Compton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 29 loans that have reached a final outcome, 29 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Compton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Compton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060111, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Compton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Compton.
Is zoning published for Compton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.