Carson vs Compton

A side-by-side comparison of Carson and Compton: population, income, housing, and more.

Carson and Compton are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Compton has the higher population (93,525 vs 93,523 in Carson). Carson has the higher median household income ($107,391 vs $74,270 in Compton). Carson has the higher median home value ($645,600 vs $546,700 in Compton).

Population, income & housing

	Carson	Compton
Population	93,523	93,525
Median age	41.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,391	$74,270
Median home value	$645,600	$546,700
Median gross rent	$1,914	$1,601
Housing units	27,713	25,154
Homeownership rate	74.0%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson	Compton
Population	92,079 → 93,523 (+1.6%)	96,803 → 93,525 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$82,305 → $107,391 (+30.5%)	$52,883 → $74,270 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$462,600 → $645,600 (+39.6%)	$355,200 → $546,700 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,524 → $1,914 (+25.6%)	$1,219 → $1,601 (+31.3%)

Carson

Population

92,07993,523

Median household income

$82,305$107,391

Median home value

$462,600$645,600

Median gross rent

$1,524$1,914

Compton

Population

96,80393,525

Median household income

$52,883$74,270

Median home value

$355,200$546,700

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson	Compton
Under 5	4.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.7%
75 and over	7.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson	Compton
White (non-Hispanic)	6.4%	0.7%
Black or African American	22.3%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	26.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	71.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson	Compton
No high school diploma	16.5%	35.6%
High school graduate	22.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson	Compton
Drove alone	78.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.6%
Public transit	1.7%	3.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson	Compton
1-unit, detached	72.0%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	7.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Carson	Compton
Poverty rate	9.0%	17.1%
Average household size	3.48	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1965	1957