Compton vs Franklin Grove

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

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

Franklin Grove has the higher population (1,086 vs 222 in Compton). Franklin Grove has the higher median household income ($60,833 vs $52,321 in Compton). Franklin Grove has the higher median home value ($136,800 vs $75,900 in Compton).

Population, income & housing

	Compton	Franklin Grove
Population	222	1,086
Median age	34.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$60,833
Median home value	$75,900	$136,800
Median gross rent	$875	$850
Housing units	115	424
Homeownership rate	64.7%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Compton	Franklin Grove
Population	314 → 222 (-29.3%)	990 → 1,086 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $52,321 (+4.0%)	$48,177 → $60,833 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $75,900 (+11.1%)	$88,100 → $136,800 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $875 (+28.5%)	$848 → $850 (+0.2%)

Compton

Population

314222

Median household income

$50,313$52,321

Median home value

$68,300$75,900

Median gross rent

$681$875

Franklin Grove

Population

9901,086

Median household income

$48,177$60,833

Median home value

$88,100$136,800

Median gross rent

$848$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Compton	Franklin Grove
Under 5	11.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.4%
75 and over	8.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Compton	Franklin Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Compton	Franklin Grove
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	48.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Compton	Franklin Grove
Drove alone	89.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Compton	Franklin Grove
1-unit, detached	90.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Compton	Franklin Grove
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1938	1948