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 →

Victorville$2,560/mo

Typical home $435K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $1,618/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,190 a month, about $14,300 a year, between Compton and Victorville.

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

Victorville places higher on 11 of 21 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 –VictorvilleNot graded

Schools

B−ComptonBetter than 54% of districts in the state DVictorvilleBetter than 5% of districts in the state

Health

C−ComptonHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns C−VictorvilleHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

9Compton

11Victorville

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #666#86 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #105#695 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #673#217 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #90#588 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #295#122 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #560#795 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #512#707 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #251#351

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

ComptonVictorville

Snow a year0″0″

January low—33°F

July high—98°F

Growing season (days)—233d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)91st 77th

Outdoors & history

ComptonVictorville

Trails1 mi 122 mi

Conserved land1.3%0.5%

Settled—1895

National Register places1 —

Archive photos5 18

Famous people born here59 29

Community

ComptonVictorville

Library hours a week40 hrs 60 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

66 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ComptonCA VictorvilleCA

Compton ↔ Victorville66 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

ComptonVictorville

People

Population 92,698Lowest 137,627Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.7%Lowest CA: +6.1% +16.3%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 33.3±1.1Highest 12% below CA 32.3±1Lowest 15% below CA

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

Kids under 18 27.3%±1.5Lowest CA: 22% 29.6%±1.5Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 10.7%±0.8Highest CA: 15.7% 10.4%±0.8Lowest CA: 15.7%

Compton and Victorville 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% 12.8%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±0.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 7.4%±0.8Highest CA: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,465±$4kHighest 21% below CA $74,410±$3kLowest 25% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $580,200±$10kHighest 21% below CA $385,600±$9kLowest 48% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,664±$62Highest 18% below CA $1,618±$81Lowest 21% below CA

Compton and Victorville 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 $2,936Lowest 43% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.5%±4.1Lowest CA: 55.3% 61.7%±4.9Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 17.9%Lowest CA: 12% 18.4%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.4%Lowest CA: 55.9% 60.6%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 19 yrs older than CA 1994Highest 18 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest 6% above CA 40 minHighest 41% above CA

Work from home 5%±1Lowest CA: 17.2% 8.7%±1.3Highest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 5.8%Lowest 17.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 33.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.69Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Los Angeles (24%)Los Angeles (6%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 121.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Lowest 20Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 133Highest 44.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#539 of 574 in CA

School district Compton Unified ROP · KIPP Compton Community DistrictHesperia Unified · Adelanto Elementary

High school in town Manuel Dominguez HighVictor Valley High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.9Lowest 23.8Highest

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 Victorville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,190 more a month in Compton

Victorville places higher on 11 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

66 miles apart

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