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.
A relatively large number of people in Temple telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.58% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Temple is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Temple, just 9.17% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Temple's cultural character, accounting for 24.40% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Temple is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.