Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Temple
There are 589 jobs in Temple, against 909 working residents. Hardly any work in Temple itself; outside it, Muhlenberg Township draws the most (12%, 1 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Temple
Making and building: 56% of jobs based in Temple
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Temple, 2013 → 2023: 637 → 589. 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.
Who leaves Temple for work, and who comes in
On a workday 901 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 581 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Temple on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Temple ends
Where Temple clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Temple’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Temple workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,000 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Temple to work
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.
Temple and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Temple workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | – | — | — | 22 min | $73,651 |
| South Temple | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Temple: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$73,651 (±$7,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Temple?
6.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Temple?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Temple work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muhlenberg Township (12%, 1 mi), Reading (11%, 5 mi), Maxatawny Township (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Temple without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.