Compton Heights, St. Louis

Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Neighborhood of St. Louis in Missouri, United States

Kacie Starr Triplett
Phyllis Young

Area

• Total0.28 sq mi (0.7 km²)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,396 • Density5,000/sq mi (1,900/km²)ZIP code(s)

Parts of 63104, 63118

Area code(s)314Websitestlouis-mo.gov

Compton Heights is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is bordered by Interstate 44 to the north, Nebraska Avenue to the east, Shenandoah Avenue to the south, and Grand Boulevard to the west. Compton Hill Reservoir Park, home to the landmark Compton Water Tower, lies within the neighborhood. Compton Heights was one of the country's earliest planned residential developments of the nineteenth century. Its 1889 layout adhered to a plan that viewed nature as a neighbor, rather than as an enemy to be subjugated by a rectilinear grid. This is seen today in the neighborhood's wide setbacks and curving streets that create remarkable vistas, punctuated by more than 200 homes of extraordinary and varied interest. The entire neighborhood is a national historic district.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1990	1,868	—
2000	1,448	−22.5%
2010	1,315	−9.2%
2020	1,396	6.2%
Sources:^[4]^[5]

In 2020 Compton Heights' population was 72.6% White, 16.5% Black, 0.2% Native American, 3.6% Asian, 6.3% Two or More Races, and 0.7% Some Other Race. 3.5% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.^[6]

References

^ Build St. Louis: Wonderous Anachronisms
^ "2020 Census Neighborhood Results".
^ "Compton Heights Neighborhood, Saint Louis, Missouri".
^ "Compton Heights Neighborhood Statistics". St Louis, MO. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "Neighborhood Census Data". City of St. Louis. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "2020 Census Neighborhood Results". Retrieved 2021-09-27.