Temple, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Temple, TX: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 72,710. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet TEMPLE-TX · Temple, TX 4 ZIPs · 72,710 pop · #15068/25278 · Bell County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $65,808
- RANK-MID #15068/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rogers
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 53% owners
- POP-SMALL 72,710
- SPREAD-MOD 76504→76502
- HOME-MID $206,367
Nearest income peer: Rogers, TX ( $317 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Temple
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Temple on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Killeen · lowest
Killeen · lowest
$57,710 median HH income
- Fort Hood · near
Fort Hood · near
$62,846 median HH income
- Rogers · near
Rogers · near
$65,491 median HH income
- Temple · this city
Temple · this city
$65,808 median HH income
- Little River A · near
Little River A · near
$75,500 median HH income
- Salado · highest
Salado · highest
$111,863 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Temple, TX sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 40th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 72,710
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $65,808
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (4): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $65,808 and poverty 16.4% concentrate in 76502.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (53.1%) for this income tier, rent $1,223 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Texas, Petrolia is the closest lower-income city and Gladewater the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Temple.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Temple differ
Temple's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $52,803 in ZIP 76504 to $82,088 in ZIP 76502, while home values span $172,500 in 76501 to $272,500 in 76502. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 8 points
76504 to 76502
76501 to 76502
76502 to 76501
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Temple residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Temple: the largest, 76502, is only about 43% of 72,710 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Temple
Citywide ZBP: 1,848 establishments, 48,788 employees , annual payroll $3,354,889k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 76502 (817 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (251) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Temple, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Bell County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Temple. See the Bell County roll-up →
Temple sits in the lower half of Bell County on income: Belton, Harker Heights and Salado report more, Killeen and Fort Hood report less. Salado marks the far end of that range at $111,863, 70% above Temple.
Side-by-side: Compare 76502 vs 76504 →
Temple roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Temple, .