Manhattan Beach vs Temple City

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

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

Temple City has the higher population (35,749 vs 34,584 in Manhattan Beach). Manhattan Beach has the higher median household income ($193,904 vs $102,449 in Temple City). Manhattan Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $930,200 in Temple City).

Population, income & housing

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
Population	34,584	35,749
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$193,904	$102,449
Median home value	$2,000,001	$930,200
Median gross rent	$3,492	$2,034
Housing units	14,945	12,005
Homeownership rate	66.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.0%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
Population	35,500 → 34,584 (-2.6%)	36,042 → 35,749 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$153,023 → $193,904 (+26.7%)	$78,516 → $102,449 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$715,300 → $930,200 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,628 → $3,492 (+32.9%)	$1,636 → $2,034 (+24.3%)

Manhattan Beach

Population

35,50034,584

Median household income

$153,023$193,904

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,628$3,492

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)

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.4%
75 and over	7.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	13.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	13.8%	63.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
No high school diploma	1.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	4.6%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.7%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
Drove alone	55.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.6%	3.9%
Walked	4.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	34.1%	15.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
1-unit, detached	68.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Manhattan Beach	Temple City
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.59	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1970	1958