Temple Terrace is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 20,871 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Temple Terrace is the 129th largest community in Florida.

Temple Terrace is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.47% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Temple Terrace is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Temple Terrace who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.41%), sales jobs (14.96%), and management occupations (10.85%).

Also of interest is that Temple Terrace has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Temple Terrace, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Temple Terrace provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

One of the nice things about Temple Terrace is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Being a small city, Temple Terrace does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Temple Terrace Information and Demographics

The population of Temple Terrace is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 43.47% of adults in Temple Terrace have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Temple Terrace in 2000 was $26,515, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,060 for a family of four.

Temple Terrace is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Temple Terrace home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Temple Terrace is White, followed by African-American. Temple Terrace also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.02% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Temple Terrace include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Temple Terrace is English. Some people also speak Spanish.