523 N Willow Ave, Compton, CA 90221
In Unit - Washer & Dryer
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OFF MARKET

$828,900

Trulia Estimate
as of Oct 6, 2026
  • 2 Beds
  • 1.5 Baths
  • 1,000 sqft

523 N Willow Ave, Compton, CA 90221

Home Highlights

Apartment
1,000 sqft
$829/sqft

Local Information

  • Map ViewExplore the area around 523 N Willow Ave.
  • Schools1 Elementary School2 Middle Schools1 High School
  • Shop & Eat
-- mins to
Commute Destination

About this House

What's unique:Hallway linen areaVersatile bonus spaceGenerous storageIn-unit washer and dryerLarge bedroom closets
Charming, Dog-Friendly 2-Bedroom Home with Bonus Room Prime Location!
Welcome to your new home where comfort, privacy, and convenience come together. This beautifully updated 2-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom front house offers the feel of a single-family residence with no shared walls and a thoughtfully designed one-level layout. One car can be parked in front of the detached garage + another car can be parked inside of the garage = there is enough space for 2 cars to park!

Enjoy a versatile bonus space perfect for a home office, fitness room, guest space, or creative studio. The home also has generous storage, large bedroom closets, and a hallway linen area.

Pet lovers rejoice this home is dog-friendly, so your furry friend is welcome too!
Modern conveniences include an in-unit washer and dryer, refrigerator, and stove all included to make life easier from day one. Situated just steps from the Metro line, and minutes from shopping, dining, and entertainment options, with easy freeway access, you'll be in the heart of everything while enjoying the peace of your own private space.

Key Features:
**Dog-friendly
**Private front unit with no shared walls
**2 bedrooms + flexible bonus room
**1.5 bathrooms
**In-unit washer/dryer, refrigerator, and stove included
**Ample closet and hallway storage
**Walkable to Metro station
**Close to shopping, restaurants, and freeways

A rare opportunity for privacy, flexibility, and convenience in a highly desirable location.
$2800/month (with a signed 1-year lease)
 $3,000/month (with a month-to-month lease)

Landlord pays for water and trash (included in base rent). Tenant is responsible for electric, gas, internet and cable. Maximum 1 dog (50 lbs or less)
523 N Willow Ave, Compton, CA 90221 is a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1,000 sqft apartment. It last sold for $755,000 on Dec 28, 2021 (25,934% above the $2,900 asking price). More recently, it was listed as a rental in May 2025 with an asking price of $3,000 per month. That rental listing was removed on July 26, 2025. This property is not currently displayed as for sale or rent on Trulia. The Trulia Estimate is $828,900, with a rent estimate of $2,572/month.

Home Details for 523 N Willow Ave

Interior Features

Heating & Cooling
Heating: Wall FurnaceHeating Fuel: Wall Furnace
Appliances & Utilities
DryerRefrigeratorWasher
Levels, Entrance, & Accessibility
Floors: Hardwood

Property Information

Property Type / Style
Property Type: Apartment

Rental Terms, Policies & Fees

Lease Term: 6 Month

Exterior Features

Parking & Garage
Parking: Detached, On Site

Comparable Sales for 523 N Willow Ave

Address
Distance
Property Type
Sold Price
Sold Date
Bed
Bath
Sqft
1024 W Reeve St, Compton, CA
1.67
Apartment
$1,300,000
09/01/26
3
1
1,300 sqft
6645 Orange Ave #C, Long Beach, CA
2.84
Apartment
$1,222,500
10/30/25
2
2
1,030 sqft
3523 Beechwood Ave, Lynwood, CA
2.14
Apartment
$950,000
02/13/26
9
6
4,366 sqft
1468 E 107th St, Los Angeles, CA
3.21
Apartment
$700,000
11/07/25
2
1
800 sqft
802 E 111th Dr, Los Angeles, CA
3.37
Multi-Family Home
$638,000
09/04/26
2
1
650 sqft
5718 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA
3.33
Multi-Family Home
$780,000
09/01/26
1
400 sqft
5595 Gardendale St, South Gate, CA
3.16
Multi-Family Home
$1,000,000
07/20/26
3
2
5,539 sqft
195 E Hullett St, Long Beach, CA
3.07
Apartment
$930,000
10/24/25
3
1
725 sqft
14045 1/2 Anderson St, Paramount, CA
3.53
Apartment
$620,000
05/15/26
3
2.5
1,469 sqft
2118 E 92nd St, Los Angeles, CA
3.79
Apartment
$1,694,000
07/21/26
4
2
1,303 sqft
Home facts updated by county records

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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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Price and Tax history

DateEventPrice
Jul 26, 2025
Source: Zillow Rentals
ListingRemoved
$2,900
Jun 5, 2025
Source: Zillow Rentals
PriceChange
$2,900
Price decreased by 3%
May 21, 2025
Source: Zillow Rentals
Listed For Rent
$3,000
Dec 28, 2021
Source: N/A
Sold
$755,000
Dec 9, 2021
Source: CRMLS #MB21233537
Pending
$825,000

Frequently asked questions about 523 N Willow Ave

  • What is 523 N Willow Ave estimated to be worth?
    Trulia's estimated value for 523 N Willow Ave in Compton, CA is $828,900.
  • What is the price history for 523 N Willow Ave?
    523 N Willow Ave in Compton, CA last sold for $755,000 in December 2021.
  • 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 $635K. That is up $15K from the prior month.
  • Does 523 N Willow Ave have laundry facilities?
    Yes, 523 N Willow Ave in Compton, CA has in-unit laundry.
  • Does 523 N Willow Ave have parking?
    Yes, 523 N Willow Ave in Compton, CA has on-site parking.

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