Temperance is a somewhat small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 7,743 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Temperance is the 161st largest community in Michigan.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Temperance is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Temperance is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Temperance who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.48%), sales jobs (11.03%), and management occupations (8.38%).

Temperance is a very car-oriented town. 99.3% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Temperance is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Temperance has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Temperance does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Temperance Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Temperance who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.34% of adults in Temperance have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Temperance in 2000 was $24,237, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,948 for a family of four.

The people who call Temperance home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Temperance is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Temperance include German, Polish, English, Irish, Italian, French, and Hungarian.

The most common language spoken in Temperance is English.