Temple is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,073 people and three associated neighborhoods, Temple is the 631st largest community in Pennsylvania.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.58% 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.
Being a small town, Temple does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Temple has a very low overall level of education: only 9.17% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Temple in 2022 was $41,113, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,452 for a family of four. However, Temple contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Temple is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Temple include German, Irish, Dutch, Polish, and Italian.
In addition, Temple has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.40%).
The most common language spoken in Temple is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.