521 S Essey Ave, Compton, CA 90221
OFF MARKET
Listed by Gerry Nicks, Keller Williams Realty, (310) 375-3511 . Bought with Keller Williams Realty

$674,300

Trulia Estimate
  • 2 Beds
  • 1 Bath
  • 898 sqft

521 S Essey Ave, Compton, CA 90221

Est. Refi. Payment $4,148/mo*
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Currently Off Market - Sold Jul 31, 2024 for $645,000

Home Value

Trulia Estimate
$674K
Since last month
Decreased$4K (-0.6%)
Since last year
Increased$45K (+7.1%)
Since last sale
Increased$31K (+4.8%)
Learn more about this home's value by checking out its Trulia Estimate, the value of nearby homes, and how much similar homes have sold for.

Trulia Estimate

The of this home's value increased by +108% in the last 10 years
MonthEstimated value
2026
August 2026$676K
July 2026$680K
June 2026$675K
May 2026$680K
April 2026$675K
March 2026$661K
February 2026$647K
January 2026$625K
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Comparable sales

These are recently sold homes that have a similar location or other similar features to this home, like bedrooms, bathrooms, and square footage. Get a sense of the expected prices in the area by viewing these homes.
Address
Distance
Property Type
Sold Price
Sold Date
Bed
Bath
Sqft
519 S Holly Ave, Compton, CA
0.17
Single-Family Home
$610,000
07/01/26
2
1
736
2011 E Elizabeth St, Compton, CA
0.33
Single-Family Home
$550,000
02/24/26
2
1
770
116 N Holly Ave, Compton, CA
0.40
Single-Family Home
$605,000
12/08/25
2
1
1,015
813 S Sloan Ave, Compton, CA
0.37
Single-Family Home
$620,000
12/26/25
2
1
1,208
511 S Pannes Ave, Compton, CA
0.12
Single-Family Home
$650,000
07/16/26
3
2
1,076
405 S Bradfield Ave, Compton, CA
0.13
Single-Family Home
$650,000
03/26/26
3
2
1,044
805 S Poinsettia Ave, Compton, CA
0.30
Single-Family Home
$725,000
09/09/25
3
1
1,190
1701 E Palmer St, Compton, CA
0.50
Single-Family Home
$550,000
04/09/26
2
1
845

Nearby home prices

Get a sense of expected prices in the area by checking the value of nearby homes.
Address
Distance
Price
Bed
Bath
Sqft
Status
516 S Ward Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.03
-
3
1
1,579
Off Market
412 S Essey Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.10
$751,900
4
2
1,566
Off Market
521 S Bullis Rd, Compton, CA 90221
0.11
$580,000
3
2
1,340
Recently Sold
601 S Bradfield Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.06
$599,800
2
1
884
Off Market
405 S Bradfield Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.13
$650,000
3
2
1,044
Recently Sold
426 S Bradfield Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.11
$771,100
3
2
1,474
Off Market
511 S Pannes Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.12
$650,000
3
2
1,076
Recently Sold
716 S Ward Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.12
$821,600
4
3
1,816
Off Market
209 S Essey Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.22
-
3
2
2,186
Off Market
519 S Holly Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.17
$610,000
2
1
736
Recently Sold
505 S Holly Ave, Compton, CA 90221
0.18
$674,200
2
1
704
Off Market

Local Information

  • Map ViewExplore the area around 521 S Essey Ave.
  • Schools1 Elementary School1 Middle School1 High School
  • Shop & Eat
-- mins to
Commute Destination

Home Highlights

Property Type
Single-Family Home
Year Built
1940
Living Area
898 sqft
Price/Sqft
$751
Parking
Garage
HOA
None

About this House

Welcome to this charming 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom home situated on a sprawling lot with endless possibilities! The interior features a nicely updated kitchen, modern flooring, and fresh paint throughout. The expansive lot offers incredible potential for an ADU while still preserving ample space for a lush backyard oasis. Perfect for entertaining or simply relaxing. This gem won't last long!
521 S Essey Ave, Compton, CA 90221 is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 898 sqft single-family home built in 1940. It last sold for the $645,000 asking price on Jul 31, 2024. More recently, it was listed as a rental in February 2022 with an asking price of $2,500 per month. That rental listing was removed on March 3, 2022. This property is not currently displayed as for sale or rent on Trulia. The Trulia Estimate is $674,300, with a rent estimate of $3,048/month.

Home Details for 521 S Essey Ave

Interior Features

Interior Details
Number of Rooms: 3Types of Rooms: Bedroom, Kitchen, Living Room
Beds & Baths
Number of Bedrooms: 2Main Level Bedrooms: 1Number of Bathrooms: 1Number of Bathrooms (full): 1Number of Bathrooms (main level): 1
Dimensions and Layout
Living Area: 898 Square Feet
Appliances & Utilities
Laundry: Stacked
Heating & Cooling
Heating: CentralHas CoolingAir Conditioning: Central AirHas HeatingHeating Fuel: Central
Fireplace & Spa
Fireplace: NoneNo Fireplace
Windows, Doors, Floors & Walls
Common Walls: No Common Walls
Levels, Entrance, & Accessibility
Stories: 1Number of Stories: 1Levels: OneEntry Location: 1
View
No ViewView: None

Exterior Features

Exterior Home Features
No Private Pool
Parking & Garage
Number of Garage Spaces: 2Number of Covered Spaces: 2Has a GarageNo Attached GarageParking Spaces: 2Parking: Garage
Pool
Pool: None
Frontage
Not on Waterfront
Water & Sewer
Sewer: Public Sewer
Surface & Elevation
Elevation Units: Feet

Days on Market

Cumulative Days on Market: 14

Property Information

Year Built
Year Built: 1940
Property Type / Style
Property Type: ResidentialProperty Subtype: Single Family ResidenceStructure Type: HouseArchitecture: House
Building
Not a New ConstructionNot Attached PropertyNo Additional Parcels
Property Information
Parcel Number: 6181007018

Price & Status

Price
List Price: $645,000
Status Change & Dates
Off Market Date: Tue Jun 18 2024

Active Status

MLS Status: Closed

Location

Direction & Address
City: Compton
School Information
High School District: Compton Unified

Community

Community Features: SidewalksNot Senior Community

HOA

Association for this Listing: California Regional MLS

Lot Information

Lot Area: 6193 sqft

Listing Info

Special Conditions: Standard

Offer

Listing Terms: Conventional, 1031 Exchange, FHA, Submit

Miscellaneous

Mls Number: SB24113305Living Area Range Units: Square FeetCommon Interest: NoneUniversal Property Id: US-06037-N-6181007018-R-N

Additional Information

Sidewalks

Price and Tax history

DateEventPrice
Jul 31, 2024
Source: CRMLS #SB24113305
Sold
$645,000
Jun 18, 2024
Source: CRMLS #SB24113305
Pending
$645,000
Jun 4, 2024
Source: CRMLS #SB24113305
Listed For Sale
$599,000
Mar 3, 2022
Source: Zillow Rental Manager
ListingRemoved
Feb 17, 2022
Source: Zillow Rental Manager
Listed For Rent
$2,500

Market trends in Compton

Last updated July 2026
Buyer'sMarketSeller'sMarket
Avg. sale price
$622K
$9.17KMoM
Sale-to-List Price
101.2%
0.4%MoM
Price per sq ft
$521
$12MoM
Available listings
121

Around this home

What Locals Say about Compton

At least 937 Trulia users voted on each feature.

  • 87 % Say there are sidewalks

  • 79 % Say yards are well-kept

  • 74 % Say car is needed

  • 64 % Say there's holiday spirit

  • 58 % Say it's walkable to grocery stores

  • 56 % Say it's dog friendly

  • 55 % Say kids play outside

  • 52 % Say streets are well-lit

  • 48 % Say they plan to stay for at least 5 years

  • 47 % Say neighbors are friendly

  • 46 % Say it's quiet

  • 45 % Say parking is easy

  • 44 % Say it's walkable to restaurants

  • 29 % Say people would walk alone at night

  • 28 % Say there's wildlife

  • 26 % Say there are community events

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  • Nmoran90
    "The neighborhood I live on is a Neighborhood watch. Neighbors are always looking out for each other. Clean neighborhood. "
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  • Nayelilozano7
    "Not a nice neighborhood to walk in, needs so much work & property taxes are insanely high. It does not make sense "
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  • Kimmalo Sivad
    "I leave around 7a-720a and the traffic to the 105fwy can be moderate and once on the freeway the WB 105 it’s a snail crawl to LAX and then starts to open gradually. So give yourself time. "
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  • Edwinalvarenga323
    "The commute is good but it can get bad with the people in transit but other then that everything else is good "
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  • Donielle Franklin
    "People don’t pick up after their dogs so now the park won’t allow people to walk their dogs anymore. "
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  • Toodlealex
    "Needs more lighting, but not bad. Lots of nurseries in my area, so good for walks except on rainy days."
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  • Melindadavis94444
    "I live in this neighborhood for 10 years and nothing has ever I tired of th graffiti on the wall and the fire works all year "
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  • Trulia User
    "Id rather live elsewhere. There’s a lot of gang violence and crime. Too many dogs and irresponsible owners that aren’t very demure. "
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  • Lance Henry
    "Short walking distance to public transportation and short drive to two freeways. Traveling to and from work averages around 20 minutes each direction."
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  • Lance Henry
    "Fairly easy due to walking distance to nearby bus stops. Having a vehicle helps a lot with nearby freeway access."
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  • Chanta.lighthouse4kids
    "People walk their dogs all the time and they're normally friendly the dogs are on the Leach they pick up their poop and their kind humans"
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  • Trulia User
    "I live here for 3 years is a neighborhood regular I like it’s full to stores near on my opinion nothing bad "
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  • Trulia User
    "neighbors are mostly friendly but there are no events or activities. easy access to freeways. easy access to long beach, la, Whittier, orange county etc"
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  • Elsie C.
    "I drive all the time and traffic is not too bad! Just to add they redid the whole street where I live and it looks great "
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  • Mariana F.
    "My neighborhood is nice and we have a lot of places to go and eat something. There’s a lot of clean parks."
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  • Damaris F.
    "i live on the border of lynwood and compton it's pretty calm here.i like it 😊.i have super markets,nail salon,barber shops walmart target and restaurants near me so i guess im ok with it..only thing we'r missing is a mall. "
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  • Carolynashley54
    "My neighborhood of Compton is very nice and quiet not to mention safe and I’m very proud of my city "
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  • Anahi10899
    "Compton has the perfect weather. Had all major freeways 5 min away...! Compton had a lot of potential 💕"
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  • Porsha1538
    "We have a food drive/giveaway every Saturday on the corner of 139th Street and Wilmington. Other than that, we really don’t normally have anything g going on in this city other than people on dirt bikes and the motorcycles going back and forth very very loudly."
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  • Melindadavis94444
    "It’s not unique..The streets are horrible potholes everywhere.Police and helicopters flying overhead keeps me up at night.And let not forget the continued fireworks every night."
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  • Porscha_tolbert
    "The education in Compton isn’t the best, some part of Compton is very clean others aren’t more of the west side of Compton is more calm and better to live! Across Willowbrook feels like war zone "
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  • Anthony D.
    "My area is quite and calm. there are a lot of new business coming to the neighborhood. the housing market is rising. "
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  • Melindadavis94444
    "We don’t have any it’s not a very friendly area people stay to themselves. There also are a lot of Homeless people in the area "
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  • Malinda.malinda51
    "This is an unincorporated area and there is very little funding from the Government and local levels to uplift this community. Now it's alot homeless in this area ."
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  • Raquel R.
    "Great neighborhood- i still live here for 11 years and counting elementary school is just around the corner and the new Walmart store"
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  • Omarz6225
    "we have police monitoring. and fire fighters response all on less than a minute and good relationships with the neighbors "
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  • Pamela S.
    "They would not like unnecessary noise in the neighborhood. They would not like people not cleaning up after their dogs.They would like safety in their neighborhood."
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  • Nova1971
    "There nothing that makes Compton special there’s only crime and drugs the only reason people live here cheap rent "
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  • Mischellethomas
    "I’ve lived in this neighborhood for most of my life. There has not been a lot of improvements or changes. Compton Unified School District is horrible."
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  • Jenny23xz
    "the light posts dont work so it gets really dark which means anything bad can happen. also lots of pot holes and trash piles."
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  • Trevor M.
    "What makes my neighborhood unique is despite the reputation of our city we maintain a huge level of pride of being from here and through out struggles we have continuously produced homegrown outstanding individuals known all over the world, and within our struggle we find a common bond and closeness to our neighbors "
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  • Lorenaloli
    "Sucks, people speed down streets . You hear/see all sorts of stray animals. Trash everywhere People are rude "
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  • Jade K.
    "A lot of stray dogs and animal control does not respond to dead dogs in the road and once in my drive way. "
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  • Cynthia L.
    "It’s dangerous, underfunded, riddled with pot holes, and just garbage. It’s so unsafe to walk anywhere and every street is overpopulated that street parking is nonexistent "
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  • Cjhernandez89v
    "I've lived in this neighborhood for 15 years, and I have seen it all. shootings, gangs, graffiti, drug deals also, my properties have been burglarized plenty of time."
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  • MrsHamm
    "The streets and sidewalks are not maintained and there is trash everywhere. I don’t know where the city’s money is going to. Parking signs are so faded you can’t even read them, but they still administer parking violations. "
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  • Ivonne V.
    "Well this six months of the year the crime get high levels gangsters are free moving and delincuentes around all night noisy and the police is scare about them so please act quickly for the innocent lives"
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  • Pedro A. .
    "Really there’s plenty of restaurants catering trucks and food stands all around so family can always stop by and grab something to eat "
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  • Tavon B.
    "Its a lot of stray dogs that run around that triggers other pets to act wild. Plus the cats in the neighborhood like to leave mice on your porch to get you to feed them "
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  • Dfranklin494
    "There’s nothing good about this neighborhood. I do not recommend living here. Mostly all the animals are strays and wondering around "
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Frequently asked questions about 521 S Essey Ave

  • What is 521 S Essey Ave estimated to be worth?
    Trulia's estimated value for 521 S Essey Ave in Compton, CA is $674,300.
  • What is the price history for 521 S Essey Ave?
    521 S Essey Ave in Compton, CA last sold for $645,000 in July 2024.
  • Is Compton a buyer's or seller's market?
    Compton is currently a seller's market, based on recent for-sale activity.
  • What's the median sale price in Compton?
    The median sale price in Compton is $622K. That is up $9.17K from the prior month.
  • Does 521 S Essey Ave have air conditioning?
    Yes, 521 S Essey Ave in Compton, CA has air conditioning.
  • Does 521 S Essey Ave have laundry facilities?
    Yes, 521 S Essey Ave in Compton, CA has laundry facilities.

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