Photos: Neighborhood Spotlight | Claremont owns its lettered and leafy college-town vibe

Known as the “City of Trees and PhDs,” Claremont benefits from the foresight of city pioneers more than a century ago who planted trees and established parks throughout the community.

The housing market is “entry-level luxury,” with most houses ranging from $550,000 to $750,000. The foothills hold the pricier properties, where baseball players and other big-spending residents pay more than $1 million for a bigger home with better views.

The verdant, city-run Claremont Hills Wilderness Park abuts the Angeles National Forest.

A city of about 35,000, Claremont was named Sunset magazine’s “Best Suburb in the West” in 2016, citing its East Coast college-town vibe and saying it “blends worldly sophistication with small-town appeal.”