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%

Rialto$3,430/mo

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

Compton$3,750/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

14Rialto

8Compton

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

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

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Rialto’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

RialtoCompton

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)353d —

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

Outdoors & history

RialtoCompton

Trails3 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.2%1.3%

Settled1911 —

National Register places2 1

Archive photos19 5

Famous people born here18 59

Community

RialtoCompton

Library hours a week34 hrs 40 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.

RialtoCA ComptonCA

Rialto ↔ Compton50 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

RialtoCompton

People

Population 104,143Highest 92,698Lowest

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

Median age 32.6±0.8Lowest 14% below CA 33.3±1.1Highest 12% 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 26.7%±1.2Lowest CA: 22% 27.3%±1.5Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 10.8%±0.8Highest CA: 15.7% 10.7%±0.8Lowest 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+ 12.6%Highest CA: 37.1% 10.6%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±0.6Highest CA: 7.6% 6%±0.6Lowest 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 $88,857±$4kHighest 10% below CA $78,465±$4kLowest 21% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,759±$59Highest 14% below CA $1,664±$62Lowest 18% 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 $3,374Lowest 34% below CA $4,358Highest 15% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.6%±5Highest CA: 55.3% 57.5%±4.1Lowest 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 12.7%Lowest CA: 12% 17.9%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 8.9%Highest 5.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ComptonFew work in Rialto

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.2 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Lowest 13Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Colton Joint Unified · Fontana UnifiedCompton Unified ROP · KIPP Compton Community District

High school in town Eisenhower HighManuel Dominguez High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.4Lowest 21.9Highest

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.

Rialto vs Compton

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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