Monrovia vs Temple City

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

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

Monrovia has the higher population (37,553 vs 35,749 in Temple City). Temple City has the higher median household income ($102,449 vs $97,083 in Monrovia). Temple City has the higher median home value ($930,200 vs $891,700 in Monrovia).

Population, income & housing

	Monrovia	Temple City
Population	37,553	35,749
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,083	$102,449
Median home value	$891,700	$930,200
Median gross rent	$2,009	$2,034
Housing units	14,796	12,005
Homeownership rate	47.9%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monrovia	Temple City
Population	36,816 → 37,553 (+2.0%)	36,042 → 35,749 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$77,111 → $97,083 (+25.9%)	$78,516 → $102,449 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$663,400 → $891,700 (+34.4%)	$715,300 → $930,200 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $2,009 (+26.4%)	$1,636 → $2,034 (+24.3%)

Monrovia

Population

36,81637,553

Median household income

$77,111$97,083

Median home value

$663,400$891,700

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,009

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)

	Monrovia	Temple City
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.4%
75 and over	5.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monrovia	Temple City
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	13.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	15.5%	63.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monrovia	Temple City
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	18.4%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monrovia	Temple City
Drove alone	71.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.9%
Public transit	2.2%	3.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.6%	15.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monrovia	Temple City
1-unit, detached	58.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	6.4%
20 or more units	10.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Monrovia	Temple City
Poverty rate	10.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.66	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1962	1958