Temple City Real Estate
The "City of Camellias", award-winning schools, a stable housing stock, and deep value relative to its pricier neighbors.
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Temple City punches above its weight class in the SGV, award-winning schools, a stable housing stock, and strong value relative to its neighbors.
An established, community-oriented city, Temple City draws families who value its schools and its central location. Demand from local buyers keeps inventory tight and the market remarkably steady.
The City of Camellias, incorporated 1960
Temple City was incorporated on May 25, 1960, though it was first developed in the 1920s by Walter P. Temple, for whom the city is named. Long known as the “City of Camellias,” it has celebrated its signature flower with an annual Camellia Festival since 1944, one of the longest-running community festivals in the nation.
The heart of Temple City
Las Tunas Drive is Temple City's main commercial strip and the route of the annual Camellia Festival parade, the city's civic and dining backbone.
What defines the market
Temple City's strong schools and well-kept neighborhoods generate consistent, durable demand. Updated single-family homes in the best school zones sell quickly and competitively.
Who's buying here
Buyers are predominantly families, many multigenerational and locally rooted, who prize the schools and stability. Move-in-ready homes are especially sought after.
Median price, last five years
Inside the district
Temple City Unified is among the most respected districts in the central SGV, the primary engine of the city's steady demand.
Where Temple City eats
The San Gabriel Valley is one of America's great food destinations, here's where to start in Temple City.
Temple City sits in the heart of the SGV’s celebrated Chinese food scene. Las Tunas Drive and the surrounding blocks brim with dumpling houses, noodle shops, bakeries, and boba, an everyday destination for serious eaters. From hand-pulled noodles to soup dumplings and fresh-pressed teas, it’s the kind of authentic, affordable, deep-bench dining that makes the San Gabriel Valley nationally famous, right at home.
The Camellia Festival
For more than 80 years, Temple City has thrown one of the nation's longest-running community festivals.
A celebration since 1944
Held every year since 1944, the Camellia Festival celebrates the flower that gave Temple City its nickname, with a parade of camellia-decorated floats built by local youth, carnival rides, and community booths. It’s a beloved multigenerational tradition that captures exactly what draws families here: a stable, tight-knit, civic-minded community with deep local roots.
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