San Dimas vs Temple City

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

San Dimas 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 34,099 in San Dimas). San Dimas has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $102,449 in Temple City). Temple City has the higher median home value ($930,200 vs $756,200 in San Dimas).

Population, income & housing

	San Dimas	Temple City
Population	34,099	35,749
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$102,449
Median home value	$756,200	$930,200
Median gross rent	$2,232	$2,034
Housing units	12,421	12,005
Homeownership rate	71.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Dimas	Temple City
Population	34,048 → 34,099 (+0.1%)	36,042 → 35,749 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$86,410 → $105,833 (+22.5%)	$78,516 → $102,449 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$576,800 → $756,200 (+31.1%)	$715,300 → $930,200 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,808 → $2,232 (+23.5%)	$1,636 → $2,034 (+24.3%)

San Dimas

Population

34,04834,099

Median household income

$86,410$105,833

Median home value

$576,800$756,200

Median gross rent

$1,808$2,232

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)

	San Dimas	Temple City
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Dimas	Temple City
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	13.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	17.5%	63.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Dimas	Temple City
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	20.3%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Dimas	Temple City
Drove alone	71.6%	68.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.8%	3.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	15.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Dimas	Temple City
1-unit, detached	61.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	San Dimas	Temple City
Poverty rate	9.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.73	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1976	1958