Temple is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 93,095 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Temple is the 48th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Temple, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Temple, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Temple’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Temple does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $64,945.00.
Also of interest is that Temple has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.35% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The education level of Temple citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.49% of adults in Temple have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Temple in 2022 was $32,841, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,364 for a family of four. However, Temple contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Temple is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Temple home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Temple residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Temple also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Temple include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Temple is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.