Compton vs Norwalk

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

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

Norwalk has the higher population (100,713 vs 93,525 in Compton). Norwalk has the higher median household income ($98,709 vs $74,270 in Compton). Norwalk has the higher median home value ($616,600 vs $546,700 in Compton).

Population, income & housing

	Compton	Norwalk
Population	93,525	100,713
Median age	33.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,270	$98,709
Median home value	$546,700	$616,600
Median gross rent	$1,601	$2,014
Housing units	25,154	27,346
Homeownership rate	57.4%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Compton	Norwalk
Population	96,803 → 93,525 (-3.4%)	105,304 → 100,713 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$52,883 → $74,270 (+40.4%)	$70,667 → $98,709 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $546,700 (+53.9%)	$440,800 → $616,600 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,601 (+31.3%)	$1,592 → $2,014 (+26.5%)

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

Norwalk

Population

105,304100,713

Median household income

$70,667$98,709

Median home value

$440,800$616,600

Median gross rent

$1,592$2,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Compton	Norwalk
Under 5	7.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.2%
75 and over	3.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Compton	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	11.1%
Black or African American	24.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	71.2%	69.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Compton	Norwalk
No high school diploma	35.6%	22.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Compton	Norwalk
Drove alone	77.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.9%
Public transit	3.6%	1.8%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Compton	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	66.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Compton	Norwalk
Poverty rate	17.1%	9.7%
Average household size	3.84	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1957	1957