Arroyo Grande vs Templeton

A side-by-side comparison of Arroyo Grande and Templeton: population, income, housing, and more.

Arroyo Grande and Templeton are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arroyo Grande has the higher population (18,412 vs 8,608 in Templeton). Templeton has the higher median household income ($114,155 vs $103,258 in Arroyo Grande). Templeton has the higher median home value ($782,700 vs $758,100 in Arroyo Grande).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
Population	18,412	8,608
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,258	$114,155
Median home value	$758,100	$782,700
Median gross rent	$1,890	$2,399
Housing units	8,198	3,417
Homeownership rate	62.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
Population	18,033 → 18,412 (+2.1%)	7,838 → 8,608 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $103,258 (+27.7%)	$82,237 → $114,155 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$591,800 → $758,100 (+28.1%)	$528,400 → $782,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $1,890 (+29.5%)	$1,241 → $2,399 (+93.3%)

Arroyo Grande

Population

18,03318,412

Median household income

$80,833$103,258

Median home value

$591,800$758,100

Median gross rent

$1,459$1,890

Templeton

Population

7,8388,608

Median household income

$82,237$114,155

Median home value

$528,400$782,700

Median gross rent

$1,241$2,399

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
Under 5	4.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.4%
75 and over	12.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	15.5%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
Drove alone	70.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
1-unit, detached	63.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Grande	Templeton
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1979	1997