For population 25 years and over in Compton
- High school or higher: 76.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 37.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Compton village
- Never married: 15.0%
- Now married: 62.4%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 6.2%
- Divorced: 16.4%
6 residents are foreign born | This village: |  1.7% | | Illinois: |  12.3% |
According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Compton, Illinois in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Compton to the number of sex offenders is 116 to 1.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
| Compton: | 1.5% ($1,168) | | Illinois: | 1.7% ($2,285) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Rockford, IL  (39.8 miles  , pop. 150,115).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Chicago, IL (97.2 miles  , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities: West Brooklyn, IL (4.2 miles)
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Paw Paw, IL (7.1 miles ),
Mendota, IL (10.3 miles  ),
Sublette, IL (10.5 miles  ),
Steward, IL (11.6 miles  ),
Lee, IL (12.1 miles  ),
Earlville, IL (13.4 miles  ),
Ashton, IL (15.1 miles  ).
Latitude: 41.69 N, Longitude: 89.09 W
Most common industries for males:
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- Construction (20%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
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Most common industries for females:
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- Social assistance (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
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Most common occupations for males
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- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (5%)
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Most common occupations for females
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- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
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