842 W School St, Compton, CA 90220
OFF MARKET

842 W School St
Compton, CA 90220

  • 2 Beds
  • 1 Bath
  • 740 sqft

$547,400

Trulia Estimate
as of Aug 13, 2026
Est. Refi. Payment $3,369/mo*
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$547,400

Trulia Estimate
as of Aug 13, 2026
Est. Refi. Payment $3,369/mo*
Refinance Your Home
2 Beds
1 Bath
740 sqft

Home Value

Trulia Estimate
$547K
Since last month
Increased$4K (+0.7%)
Since last year
Increased$15K (+2.8%)
Since last sale
Increased$387K (+242.1%)
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 +86% in the last 10 years
MonthEstimated value
2026
August 2026$547K
July 2026$542K
June 2026$544K
May 2026$541K
April 2026$538K
March 2026$543K
February 2026$552K
January 2026$535K
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
1026 W Poplar St, Compton, CA
0.30
Single-Family Home
$141,500
01/20/26
2
1
831
922 W School St, Compton, CA
0.08
Single-Family Home
$683,000
01/16/26
2
1
995
615 W Palmer St, Compton, CA
0.30
Single-Family Home
$247,878
04/02/26
2
1
996
505 N Wilmington Ave, Compton, CA
0.18
Single-Family Home
$525,000
07/31/26
2
1
653
1339 W Magnolia St, Compton, CA
0.38
Single-Family Home
$429,000
12/19/25
2
1
768
1127 W Arbutus St, Compton, CA
0.28
Single-Family Home
$550,000
10/17/25
2
1
968
530 W Poplar St, Compton, CA
0.40
Single-Family Home
$348,750
04/24/26
2
1
560
843 W Brazil St, Compton, CA
0.12
Single-Family Home
$660,000
01/01/26
3
1
1,192
910 E Elm St, Compton, CA
0.24
Single-Family Home
$555,000
09/24/25
2
1
741
910 E Elm St, Compton, CA
0.25
Single-Family Home
$555,000
09/24/25
2
1
741

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
845 W Magnolia St, Compton, CA 90220
0.02
$607,600
2
1
891
Off Market
824 W Palmer St, Compton, CA 90220
0.06
$599,000
3
1
893
For Sale
842 W Palmer St, Compton, CA 90220
0.05
$686,800
3
2
1,127
Off Market
922 W School St, Compton, CA 90220
0.08
$683,000
2
1
995
Recently Sold
920 W Magnolia St, Compton, CA 90220
0.08
$591,100
2
1
862
Off Market
810 W Compton Blvd #13, Compton, CA 90220
0.12
$474,000
2
1.5
986
Off Market
820 W Compton Blvd #16, Compton, CA 90220
0.11
$529,900
3
2.5
1,349
For Sale
820 W Compton Blvd #20, Compton, CA 90220
0.11
$533,000
3
2.5
1,349
Recently Sold
810 W Compton Blvd #7, Compton, CA 90220
0.13
$450,000
2
1.5
986
Recently Sold
810 W Compton Blvd #9, Compton, CA 90220
0.13
$445,000
2
1.5
986
Recently Sold
810 W Compton Blvd #16, Compton, CA 90220
0.13
$435,000
2
2
986
For Sale
810 W Compton Blvd #20, Compton, CA 90220
0.13
$510,800
2
0.5
1,150
Off Market

Local Information

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Home Highlights

Property Type
Single-Family Home
Year Built
1948
Living Area
740 sqft
Price/Sqft
$740

About this House

Nice two bedroom one bath home. Just painted inside & out. New carpet and laminate flooring throughout home. Large lot with nice size back yard. Centrally located near schools and transportation.This is a Fannie Mae HomePath property. Purchase this home with as little as 3% down! Property is approved for Homepath Financing & HomePath Renovation Mortgage Financing. Don't miss out!
842 W School St, Compton, CA 90220 is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 740 sqft single-family home built in 1948. It last sold for $160,000 on Dec 31, 2012. It is currently off market. The Trulia Estimate is $547,400, with a rent estimate of $2,225/month.

Home Details for 842 W School St

Interior Features

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

Property Information

Year Built
Year Built: 1948Year Updated: 1948
Property Type / Style
Property Type: Single Family Home

Community

Units in Building: 1

Lot Information

Lot Area: 4791 sqft

Price and Tax history

DateEventPrice
Dec 31, 2012
Source: N/A
Sold
$160,000
Sep 8, 2012
Source: Agent Provided
PriceChange
$164,500
Price decreased by 11%
Aug 4, 2012
Source: Agent Provided
Listed For Sale
$183,900
Apr 27, 2012
Source: N/A
Sold
$403,178
Oct 21, 2011
Source: Agent Provided
PriceChange
$120,000
Price decreased by 20%

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
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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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Frequently asked questions about 842 W School St

  • What is 842 W School St estimated to be worth?
    Trulia's estimated value for 842 W School St in Compton, CA is $547,400.
  • What is the price history for 842 W School St?
    842 W School St in Compton, CA last sold for $160,000 in December 2012.
  • 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.
  • How big is the lot at 842 W School St?
    The lot at 842 W School St in Compton, CA is about 0.11 acres (4,791 sq ft).