Moving to
Temescal Valley.

All Temescal Valley data Compare Temescal Valley

30,069people live here $122,051median household income▲ 51% above US $2,938median rent per month▲ 108% above US $710,400median home value▲ 114% above US

Temescal Valley is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, CA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Temescal Valley

Temescal Valley is an unincorporated community in California with household incomes running above the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Temescal Valley deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, county unemployment above the national average, and long average commutes.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Above-average unemployment in the county
Long commutes
Air quality concerns
High student-teacher ratio

How Temescal Valley compares

Median household income

Temescal Valley$122,051

California avg$99,122

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Temescal Valley$2,938

California avg$2,036

US$1,413

Median home value

Temescal Valley$710,400

California avg$734,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Temescal Valley

Based on Temescal Valley's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$5,876

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $117,520 a year
69% of Temescal Valley renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$142,080

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $71,040
Homes cost 5.8× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 108% above US

$2,938/mo median rent

Rent is expensive here, at $2,938 a month median and well above the national average. This is the kind of city where housing costs deserve serious budgeting before committing to a move. Home prices are steep, with a median around $710,400. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $710,400 · 69% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

5.6% county unemployment

Unemployment in Riverside County is 5.6%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Riverside County (county-wide)

Safety

228 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Temescal Valley doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Riverside County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1215/100k · Policed by Riverside County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 64% above US

43 min average commute

Commutes run long, averaging 42.6 minutes, and that's just the average, meaning a lot of people are doing significantly more. This isn't a city where living far from the office is a comfortable bet. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 17% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

74%

Work from home

17%

Carpool

6.5%

Other

1.9%

Public transit

0.3%

Walk

0.1%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 95°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 42°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

36% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 36% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 25:1, above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail (17 miles away). There are 4 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Temescal Valley's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($2,938/mo) equals 29% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (17% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget, anyone moving without a job lined up, and people who dread long commutes.

See all the data for Temescal Valley →·All California cities →