Temple is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,360 people and four associated neighborhoods, Temple is the 146th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Temple was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Temple economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Temple, where the median household income is $71,917.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Temple is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Temple is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Temple who work in office and administrative support (17.60%), management occupations (11.12%), and sales jobs (7.31%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Temple telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.29% 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. One downside of living in Temple, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.86 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Temple doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Temple who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.16% of the adults in Temple have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Temple in 2022 was $29,345, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,380 for a family of four. However, Temple contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Temple is a very 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. Important ancestries of people in Temple include Irish, English, German, French Canadian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Temple is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
