A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Compton$3,750/mo

Typical home $638K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,664/mo · Housing →

Rialto$3,430/mo

Typical home $590K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,759/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Compton and Rialto.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Rialto places higher on 14 of 22 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

D−ComptonSafer than 2% of U.S. towns DRialtoSafer than 11% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−ComptonBetter than 54% of districts in the state B−RialtoBetter than 53% of districts in the state

Health

C−ComptonHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns CRialtoHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns

8Compton

14Rialto

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #512#186 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #105#440 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #666#390 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #90#356 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #295#397 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #679#530 Lowest property taxCost of living · 835 towns #388#265 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #698#588

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Compton’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ComptonRialto

Snow a year0″0″

January low—43°F

July high—95°F

Growing season (days)—353d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)91st 94th

Outdoors & history

ComptonRialto

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land1.3%1.2%

Settled—1911

National Register places1 2

Archive photos5 19

Famous people born here59 18

Community

ComptonRialto

Library hours a week40 hrs 34 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

50 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ComptonCA RialtoCA

Compton ↔ Rialto50 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

ComptonRialto

People

Population 92,698Lowest 104,143Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.7%Lowest CA: +6.1% +4.9%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 33.3±1.1Highest 12% below CA 32.6±0.8Lowest 14% below CA

Compton and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 27.3%±1.5Highest CA: 22% 26.7%±1.2Lowest CA: 22%

Compton and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 10.7%±0.8Lowest CA: 15.7% 10.8%±0.8Highest CA: 15.7%

Rialto and Compton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.6%Lowest CA: 37.1% 12.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±0.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.7%±0.6Highest CA: 7.6%

Rialto and Compton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,465±$4kLowest 21% below CA $88,857±$4kHighest 10% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $580,200±$10kHighest 21% below CA $487,900±$10kLowest 34% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,664±$62Lowest 18% below CA $1,759±$59Highest 14% below CA

Rialto and Compton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,358Highest 15% below CA $3,374Lowest 34% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.5%±4.1Lowest CA: 55.3% 58.6%±5Highest CA: 55.3%

Rialto and Compton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 17.9%Highest CA: 12% 12.7%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.4%Lowest CA: 55.9% 66.2%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 19 yrs older than CA 1982Highest 6 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest 6% above CA 32 minHighest 11% above CA

Work from home 5%±1Lowest CA: 17.2% 7.8%±1.1Highest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 5.8%Lowest 8.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Lowest 1.00Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Los Angeles (24%)San Bernardino (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RialtoFew work in Compton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 3.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Highest 11Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 133Highest 81.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#349 of 574 in CA

School district Compton Unified ROP · KIPP Compton Community DistrictColton Joint Unified · Fontana Unified

High school in town Manuel Dominguez HighEisenhower High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.9Highest 21.4Lowest

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Compton vs Rialto

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Compton

Rialto places higher on 14 of 22 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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