Birchwood Inn · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Temple has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 3% stay in Temple for work; outside it, New Ipswich is the main destination (11%, 6 miles). 177 jobs are based in Temple, and 666 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Temple is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Temple stands out on work
Temple is a place people come home to
There are 177 jobs based in Temple, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Temple has about 920 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Temple workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 666 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Temple
Household income holds Temple’s grade up ($94,107, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Temple’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Temple could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who leaves Temple for work, and who comes in
On a workday 644 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Temple on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Temple: about 37 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Temple workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 577 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
Where people from Temple work
Where Temple clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 34% of jobs based in Temple
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Temple, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 177. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Temple commutes
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.
Getting around Temple: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 694 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.5% of Temple households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Temple’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Temple ranks: 1,581st of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 153 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 664 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
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| 735 | Lyndeborough NH | 1,730 | $117K | 3.7% | 9.8% | 4% | A− |
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| 1,579 | Granville MA | 1,541 | $84K | 10.4% | 5.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,580 | Fayal Township MN | 1,799 | $87K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,581 | Temple NH | 1,410 | $94K | 9.4% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,582 | Center Township OH | 1,067 | $89K | 4.0% | 0.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,583 | Harlem Heights FL | 1,122 | $57K | 4.9% | 7.6% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
17% of Temple works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Temple workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | – | B | C+ | 37 min | $94,107 |
| Sharon | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Peterborough | 6% | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,401 |
| New Ipswich | 11% | A | C+ | 33 min | $110,507 |
| Wilton | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $114,349 |
| Lyndeborough | under 3% | A− | C− | 39 min | $116,964 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sharon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Ipswich. Darker towns draw more of Temple’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: questions
What is the median household income in Temple?
$94,107 (±$15,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Temple?
9.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Temple?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Temple work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Ipswich (11%, 6 mi), Milford (7%, 10 mi), Nashua (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Temple walkable?
Temple is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Temple without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Temple, from the people who make the trip.
More of Temple
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.