Claremont vs Temple City

A side-by-side comparison of Claremont and Temple City: population, income, housing, and more.

Claremont and Temple City are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Claremont has the higher population (36,553 vs 35,749 in Temple City). Claremont has the higher median household income ($122,127 vs $102,449 in Temple City). Temple City has the higher median home value ($930,200 vs $870,800 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Temple City
Population	36,553	35,749
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,127	$102,449
Median home value	$870,800	$930,200
Median gross rent	$2,125	$2,034
Housing units	12,785	12,005
Homeownership rate	65.5%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Temple City
Population	36,090 → 36,553 (+1.3%)	36,042 → 35,749 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$101,420 → $122,127 (+20.4%)	$78,516 → $102,449 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$672,500 → $870,800 (+29.5%)	$715,300 → $930,200 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,561 → $2,125 (+36.1%)	$1,636 → $2,034 (+24.3%)

Claremont

Population

36,09036,553

Median household income

$101,420$122,127

Median home value

$672,500$870,800

Median gross rent

$1,561$2,125

Temple City

Population

36,04235,749

Median household income

$78,516$102,449

Median home value

$715,300$930,200

Median gross rent

$1,636$2,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claremont	Temple City
Under 5	3.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	17.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.4%
75 and over	9.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Temple City
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	13.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	63.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Temple City
No high school diploma	5.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	11.7%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Temple City
Drove alone	57.2%	68.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.9%
Public transit	1.5%	3.9%
Walked	9.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.0%	15.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Temple City
1-unit, detached	69.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.4%
20 or more units	9.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Temple City
Poverty rate	5.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.59	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1966	1958