Compton vs Hawthorne

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

Compton and Hawthorne 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 85,933 in Hawthorne). Compton has the higher median household income ($74,270 vs $72,719 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($813,700 vs $546,700 in Compton).

Population, income & housing

	Compton	Hawthorne
Population	93,525	85,933
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,270	$72,719
Median home value	$546,700	$813,700
Median gross rent	$1,601	$1,723
Housing units	25,154	31,056
Homeownership rate	57.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Compton	Hawthorne
Population	96,803 → 93,525 (-3.4%)	87,107 → 85,933 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$52,883 → $74,270 (+40.4%)	$54,215 → $72,719 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $546,700 (+53.9%)	$564,300 → $813,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,601 (+31.3%)	$1,261 → $1,723 (+36.6%)

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

Hawthorne

Population

87,10785,933

Median household income

$54,215$72,719

Median home value

$564,300$813,700

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Compton	Hawthorne
Under 5	7.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	18.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.0%
75 and over	3.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Compton	Hawthorne
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	9.5%
Black or African American	24.9%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	71.2%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Compton	Hawthorne
No high school diploma	35.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Compton	Hawthorne
Drove alone	77.9%	70.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.5%
Public transit	3.6%	4.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.4%
Other means	1.7%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Compton	Hawthorne
1-unit, detached	66.9%	26.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	22.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Compton	Hawthorne
Poverty rate	17.1%	16.4%
Average household size	3.84	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1957	1972