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Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA vs Temple City, CA

Casa de Oro-Mount Helix

California

vs

Temple City

California

Across 37 directional measures we can compare, Casa de Oro-Mount Helix leads on 30 and Temple City on 7. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 8% higher in Temple City, while median household income is higher in Casa de Oro-Mount Helix.

Median gross rent
$1,973$2,135
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix is 8% lower
Median household income
$125,107$104,425
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix is 20% higher
Median home value
$952,400$961,800
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix is 1% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $103,400 a year left in Casa de Oro-Mount Helix and $77,300 in Temple City. Money goes further in Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, by about $26,100 a year.
  • A household earning Casa de Oro-Mount Helix's median of $125,107 would need about $131,000 in Temple City to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 2.6 points a year in Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, and pay outran rent by 0.4 points a year in Temple City.

How these are calculated

CaliforniaTemple City, CACasa de Oro-Mount Helix, CACasa de Oro-Mount HelixTemple CityCasa de Oro-Mount Helix

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Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CAComposite 53.5 / 100
60
346775n/a4454n/a
02Temple City, CAComposite 39.6 / 100
23
12497052194527

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureCasa de Oro-Mount HelixTemple CityAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,973$2,135
Rent to income118.9%24.5%
Property tax rate10.6%0.7%
Home price to income17.6x9.2x
Prices vs US average2111.9113.6
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,823$2,964
HUD area median income4$130,900$108,100
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$6,104$6,945
Median home value1$952,400$961,800
Home prices, 1-year change50.7%1.7%
Home prices, 5-year change553.6%43.3%
Homeownership178.5%63.0%
Renters paying 30%+148.9%55.1%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,488$3,399
Vacant homes14.8%4.5%
Median year built119691959
Jobs and income
Median household income1$125,107$104,425
Income per person1$61,838$44,263
Unemployment14.9%6.4%
Average annual pay6$85,402$86,080
Pay growth, 1 year63.1%3.0%
Jobs61,535,0674,525,460
Poverty rate14.8%8.7%
Mean commute126 min31 min
Works from home118.7%16.5%
Commutes by transit11.9%3.2%
People
Population119,76535,430
Population change since 20207n/a-3.7%
Median age143.443.4
Bachelor's or higher146.5%42.7%
High school or higher194.4%86.5%
Household size12.83.0
Born abroad110.2%49.4%
No health insurance12.4%4.3%
Homes with broadband196.5%94.7%
Moving
Moved here in the past year12.1%2.7%
Moved from another state11.2%1.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-6.5-11.4
Income of households moving in8$89,591$89,350
Income of households moving out8$86,167$94,071
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k923.624.2
Shops per 10k928.029.6
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k95.121.8
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k926.631.4
Child care centers per 10k92.72.0
Parks per 10k103.52.3
Playgrounds per 10k106.14.2
Grocery stores per 10k103.51.7
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1014.29.6
Libraries per 10k101.50.8
Named paths and bike trails100.12.1
Transit stops per sq mi102.612.2
Nearest National Park Service site1116.931.2
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1111
National Register listings12161629
Founded or incorporated13n/a1923
Safety
Violent crime per 100k14n/a199
Property crime per 100k14n/a1,102
Schools
Public schools157582,197
Public school students15466,1461,262,149
Students per teacher1522.621.5
Climate
July average high1691°F89°F
January average low1641°F41°F
Average temperature1663°F62°F
Annual precipitation1613.0 in15.1 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1799.7100.0
Hurricane risk178.30.0
Tornado risk1764.497.7
Wildfire risk17100.099.9
Heat wave risk1798.899.3
Median air quality index186774
Good air days1817.5%10.7%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Casa de Oro-Mount Helix $78,920, Temple City $85,400 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Wikidata · Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) · Retrieved 2026-11
  14. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  15. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  16. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  17. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  18. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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