Photo: Slapp9 · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Temple Terrace
Only 6% work in Temple Terrace; the top destination outside it is Tampa (34%, 8 miles). For jobs and income Temple Terrace is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.0 in Tampa.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Temple Terrace: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Temple Terrace works one town over
41% of working residents work in a town that borders Temple Terrace: Tampa (34%) and East Lake-Orient Park (7%). Next door ↓
Temple Terrace draws workers from far and wide
The 15,658 jobs in Temple Terrace are filled from a wide area. Temple Terrace’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 32%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Temple Terrace’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Temple Terrace’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($69,252, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Temple Terrace could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where the trip to work from Temple Terrace ends
Where Temple Terrace clocks in
34% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily flow of workers through Temple Terrace
On a workday 11,379 residents head out to work, 705 work right here, and 14,953 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Temple Terrace on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
67% of the jobs in Temple Terrace pay over $3,333 a month
15,658 jobs are based in Temple Terrace.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Temple Terrace, 2013 → 2023: 12,346 → 15,658. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Temple Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Temple Terrace: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Temple Terrace workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,769 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Temple Terrace
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Temple Terrace
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,993 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of Temple Terrace households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Temple Terrace’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Temple Terrace ranks: 781st of 1,509 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 84 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
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| 99 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
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| 113 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 779 | Madison Township OH | 26,569 | $89K | 8.9% | 5.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 780 | East San Gabriel CA | 23,410 | $109K | 11.6% | 6.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 781 | Temple Terrace FL | 27,075 | $69K | 9.0% | 3.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 782 | Acworth GA | 22,925 | $84K | 7.7% | 5.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 783 | Rochester NH | 33,716 | $81K | 8.3% | 2.7% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Temple Terrace, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
41% of Temple Terrace works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Temple Terrace workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Terrace | – | B+ | A | 26 min | $69,252 |
| East Lake-Orient Park | 7% | C | A | 27 min | $56,573 |
| Tampa | 34% | B− | A | 25 min | $75,475 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tampa. Darker towns draw more of Temple Terrace’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Temple Terrace: questions
What is the median household income in Temple Terrace?
$69,252 (±$5,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Temple Terrace?
9.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Temple Terrace?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Temple Terrace work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (34%, 8 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (7%, 3 mi), University (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Temple Terrace walkable?
Temple Terrace is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Temple Terrace without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Temple Terrace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Temple Terrace
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.