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Temple Terrace, FL
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Temple Terrace profile


Living in Temple Terrace



Temple Terrace is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 27,207 people and six associated neighborhoods, Temple Terrace is the 118th largest community in Florida.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.80% 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.

Temple Terrace, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

The citizens of Temple Terrace are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.79% of adults in Temple Terrace have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Temple Terrace in 2018 was $38,300, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,200 for a family of four. However, Temple Terrace contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Temple Terrace is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Temple Terrace home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Temple Terrace residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 19.82% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Temple Terrace include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Temple Terrace's cultural character, accounting for 16.28% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Temple Terrace is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.