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 →

West Rancho Dominguez$3,520/mo

Typical home $613K (Census) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $1,695/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Compton and West Rancho Dominguez.

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

West Rancho Dominguez places higher on 13 of 19 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 –West Rancho DominguezNot graded

Schools

B−ComptonBetter than 54% of districts in the state B−West Rancho DominguezBetter than 50% of districts in the state

Health

C−ComptonHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns C−West Rancho DominguezHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

5Compton

13West Rancho Dominguez

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #666#1 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #673#265 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #623#365 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #251#363 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #90#239 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #698#575 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #184#99 Highest incomeIncome · 843 towns #584#500

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

ComptonWest Rancho Dominguez

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)91st 89th

Outdoors & history

ComptonWest Rancho Dominguez

Trails1 mi 6 mi

Conserved land1.3%5.4%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here59 —

Community

ComptonWest Rancho Dominguez

Library hours a week40 hrs 56 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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.

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Only big differences vs California average

ComptonWest Rancho Dominguez

People

Population 92,698Highest 23,300Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.7%Lowest CA: +6.1% +329.5%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 33.3±1.1Lowest 12% below CA 35.9±1.5Highest 5% below CA

West Rancho Dominguez and Compton 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% 22.4%±2.4Lowest CA: 22%

Age 65+ 10.7%±0.8Lowest CA: 15.7% 11.9%±1.5Highest CA: 15.7%

West Rancho Dominguez 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% 13.7%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±0.6Highest CA: 7.6% 4.8%±1.1Lowest CA: 7.6%

Compton and West Rancho Dominguez 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 $86,834±$10kHighest 12% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $580,200±$10kLowest 21% below CA $612,900±$13kHighest 17% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,664±$62Lowest 18% below CA $1,695±$143Highest 17% below CA

West Rancho Dominguez 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 $3,696Lowest 28% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.5%±4.1Lowest CA: 55.3% 62.3%±10.5Highest CA: 55.3%

West Rancho Dominguez 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% 15%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.4%Lowest CA: 55.9% 66%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Highest 19 yrs older than CA 1955Lowest 21 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 min 6% above CA 31 min 6% above CA

Work from home 5%±1Lowest CA: 17.2% 8.1%±4.2Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.8%Highest 3.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 mi 9.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Lowest 1.43Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Los Angeles (24%)Los Angeles (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in West Rancho Dominguez3% work in Compton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 5.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 5.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 133Highest 100Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#535 of 574 in CA

School district Compton Unified ROP · KIPP Compton Community DistrictAnimo Watts College Preparatory Academy District · Compton Unified

High school in town Manuel Dominguez HighAnimo Watts College Preparatory Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 21.9Highest 19.4Lowest

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

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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 West Rancho Dominguez

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A typical home costs $230 more a month in Compton

West Rancho Dominguez places higher on 13 of 19 CA lists

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