Best PlacesTemple City, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Temple City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Temple City ranks 1,061st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Temple City
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Temple City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Temple City ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 266 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 91% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of cities
Where Temple City ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Temple City
A household needs to earn about $249,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Temple City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,242, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Temple City's effective rate of 0.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Temple City
Temple City runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Temple City.
Who works in Temple City, and how
Work in Temple City centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Temple City
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Temple City, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Temple City, month by month
Temple City sees roughly 266 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 60° | 48° |
| April | 76° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 89° | 81° | 69° |
| October | 83° | 74° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Temple City
Bob Hope sits about 19 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Temple City
Schools across Temple City average a B, better than 62% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Gidley ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Roosevelt ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Arcadia HighA · 73% proficient
- Gabrielino HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Temple City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Temple City measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Temple City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Temple City suits
Common questions about living in Temple City
Is Temple City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Temple City ranks 1,061st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Temple City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $962,678. The overall cost of living runs about 48% above the national average. Set against a $106,242 median income, cost of living beats 12% of cities.
Is Temple City safe?
Temple City is safer than 34% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $369 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Temple City?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 48. That works out to about 266 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of cities.
Is Temple City good for families?
Schools beat 62% of cities, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Temple City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Temple City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Temple City represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Temple City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Temple City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Temple City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Temple City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Temple City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Temple City detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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