Temple is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 89,458 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Temple is the 48th largest community in Texas.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 professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Temple who work in office and administrative support (11.19%), sales jobs (9.76%), and management occupations (9.67%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In terms of college education, Temple is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.77% of adults in Temple have a college degree. The per capita income in Temple in 2022 was $31,905, 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 $127,620 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 28.81% 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.
