Compton vs West Brooklyn

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

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

Compton has the higher population (222 vs 169 in West Brooklyn). West Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $52,321 in Compton). West Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($109,800 vs $75,900 in Compton).

Population, income & housing

	Compton	West Brooklyn
Population	222	169
Median age	34.6 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$76,250
Median home value	$75,900	$109,800
Median gross rent	$875	$1,313
Housing units	115	63
Homeownership rate	64.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Compton	West Brooklyn
Population	314 → 222 (-29.3%)	146 → 169 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $52,321 (+4.0%)	$54,167 → $76,250 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $75,900 (+11.1%)	$95,300 → $109,800 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $875 (+28.5%)	$1,156 → $1,313 (+13.6%)

Compton

Population

314222

Median household income

$50,313$52,321

Median home value

$68,300$75,900

Median gross rent

$681$875

West Brooklyn

Population

146169

Median household income

$54,167$76,250

Median home value

$95,300$109,800

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Compton	West Brooklyn
Under 5	11.3%	13.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	32.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	17.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.3%
75 and over	8.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Compton	West Brooklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Compton	West Brooklyn
No high school diploma	9.5%	15.6%
High school graduate	48.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Compton	West Brooklyn
Drove alone	89.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Compton	West Brooklyn
1-unit, detached	90.4%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Compton	West Brooklyn
Poverty rate	13.2%	1.8%
Average household size	2.61	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	36	46
Median year structure built	1938	1938