742 E 157th St, Compton, CA 90220
OFF MARKET

$722,500

Trulia Estimate
  • 4 Beds
  • 2 Baths
  • 1,875 sqft

742 E 157th St, Compton, CA 90220

Est. Refi. Payment $4,642/mo*
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Currently Off Market - Sold May 1, 2020 for $501,000

Home Value

Trulia Estimate
$723K
Since last month
Increased$10K (+1.3%)
Since last year
Increased$32K (+4.6%)
Since last sale
Increased$224K (+44.6%)
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 +68% in the last 10 years
MonthEstimated value
2026
September 2026$725K
August 2026$715K
July 2026$717K
June 2026$720K
May 2026$713K
April 2026$716K
March 2026$709K
February 2026$706K
January 2026$695K
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
15738 S Haskins Ave, Compton, CA
0.07
Single-Family Home
$545,000
04/07/26
4
2
1,586
15520 S McKinley Ave, Compton, CA
0.14
Single-Family Home
$676,600
04/29/26
3
2
1,422
16214 McKinley Ave, Carson, CA
0.31
Single-Family Home
$888,000
02/18/26
4
2
1,849
500 S Clymar Ave, Compton, CA
0.21
Single-Family Home
$765,000
11/21/25
5
3
1,821
15603 S Tarrant Ave, Compton, CA
0.14
Single-Family Home
$780,000
12/19/25
3
2
1,157
15718 S Tarrant Ave, Compton, CA
0.08
Single-Family Home
$730,000
03/23/26
3
1
1,326
2717 W Tichenor St, Compton, CA
0.47
Single-Family Home
$685,000
04/03/26
4
2
1,764
902 E 163rd St, Carson, CA
0.37
Single-Family Home
$815,000
03/23/26
4
2
1,494
835 E Claude St, Carson, CA
0.42
Single-Family Home
$797,000
04/21/26
4
2
1,638
705 S Corlett Ave, Compton, CA
0.40
Single-Family Home
$540,000
06/18/26
3
2
1,110

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
15746 S Visalia Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.08
$742,200
3
2
1,070
Off Market
15629 S Visalia Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.04
$683,300
3
1
1,104
Off Market
15620 S Visalia Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.06
$603,800
3
2
1,604
Off Market
15802 S Visalia Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.11
$739,300
3
1.5
1,625
Off Market
15613 S Visalia Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.07
-
3
2
1,516
Off Market
830 E Darlan St, Compton, CA 90220
0.09
$863,300
5
2.5
1,840
Off Market
15604 S Visalia Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.09
$826,000
4
2.5
1,741
Off Market
15834 S Visalia Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.17
$718,900
3
1
1,070
Off Market
15811 S Tarrant Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.16
$692,700
3
2
1,070
Off Market
15520 S McKinley Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.14
$676,600
3
2
1,422
Recently Sold
15518 S Stanford Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.16
$810,000
5
3
1,840
For Sale
15603 S Tarrant Ave, Compton, CA 90220
0.14
$780,000
3
2
1,157
Recently Sold

Local Information

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  • Schools1 Elementary School2 Middle Schools1 High School
  • Shop & Eat
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Home Highlights

Single-Family Home
Built in 1953
1,875 sqft
$385/sqft

About this House

This single-family home is located at 742 E 157th St, Compton, CA. 742 E 157th St is in Compton, CA and in ZIP code 90220. This property has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and approximately 1,875 sqft of floor space. This property has a lot size of 6220 sqft and was built in 1953.
742 E 157th St, Compton, CA 90220 is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1,875 sqft single-family home built in 1953. It last sold for $501,000 on May 1, 2020. This property is not currently displayed as for sale or rent on Trulia. The Trulia Estimate is $722,500, with a rent estimate of $4,057/month.

Home Details for 742 E 157th St

Interior Features

Heating & Cooling
Heating: WallHeating Fuel: Wall
Levels, Entrance, & Accessibility
Stories: 1
Fireplace & Spa
Fireplace

Property Information

Year Built
Year Built: 1953Year Updated: 1962
Property Type / Style
Property Type: Single Family Home

Exterior Features

Parking & Garage
Parking Spaces: 2

Community

Units in Building: 1

Lot Information

Lot Area: 6220 sqft

Price and Tax history

DateEventPrice
May 1, 2020
Source: CRMLS #PW20064334
Sold
$501,000
Apr 17, 2020
Source: Agent Provided
Pending
$535,000
Apr 1, 2020
Source: Agent Provided
PriceChange
$535,000
Price decreased by 6%
Mar 27, 2020
Source: Agent Provided
Listed For Sale
$570,000
Apr 1, 2010
Source: N/A
Sold
$235,000

Market trends in Compton

Last updated August 2026
Buyer'sMarketSeller'sMarket
Avg. sale price
$635K
$15KMoM
Sale-to-List Price
101.4%
0.3%MoM
Price per sq ft
$535
$16MoM
Available listings
137
15MoM

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 742 E 157th St

  • What is 742 E 157th St estimated to be worth?
    Trulia's estimated value for 742 E 157th St in Compton, CA is $722,500.
  • What is the price history for 742 E 157th St?
    742 E 157th St in Compton, CA last sold for $501,000 in May 2020.
  • 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.
  • How big is the lot at 742 E 157th St?
    The lot at 742 E 157th St in Compton, CA is about 0.14 acres (6,220 sq ft).
  • Does 742 E 157th St have parking?
    Yes, 742 E 157th St in Compton, CA has on-site parking.

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