Compton vs Paw Paw

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

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

Paw Paw has the higher population (911 vs 222 in Compton). Paw Paw has the higher median household income ($63,833 vs $52,321 in Compton). Paw Paw has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $75,900 in Compton).

Population, income & housing

	Compton	Paw Paw
Population	222	911
Median age	34.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$63,833
Median home value	$75,900	$151,100
Median gross rent	$875	$847
Housing units	115	427
Homeownership rate	64.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Compton	Paw Paw
Population	314 → 222 (-29.3%)	915 → 911 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $52,321 (+4.0%)	$53,500 → $63,833 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $75,900 (+11.1%)	$114,600 → $151,100 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $875 (+28.5%)	$672 → $847 (+26.0%)

Compton

Population

314222

Median household income

$50,313$52,321

Median home value

$68,300$75,900

Median gross rent

$681$875

Paw Paw

Population

915911

Median household income

$53,500$63,833

Median home value

$114,600$151,100

Median gross rent

$672$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Compton	Paw Paw
Under 5	11.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	17.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.3%
75 and over	8.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Compton	Paw Paw
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Compton	Paw Paw
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	48.6%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Compton	Paw Paw
Drove alone	89.2%	86.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Compton	Paw Paw
1-unit, detached	90.4%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Compton	Paw Paw
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1938	1961