Templeton is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 8,261 people and two associated neighborhoods, Templeton is the 205th largest community in Massachusetts. Templeton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Templeton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Templeton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Templeton who work in management occupations (11.55%), healthcare (10.68%), and sales jobs (9.89%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.13% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Templeton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Templeton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Templeton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Templeton may be for you. One downside of living in Templeton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Templeton, the average commute to work is 30.99 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Templeton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Templeton citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.01% of adults in Templeton have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Templeton in 2022 was $42,519, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,076 for a family of four. However, Templeton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Templeton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Templeton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Templeton include Irish, French Canadian, Italian, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Templeton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
