Grover Beach vs Templeton

A side-by-side comparison of Grover Beach and Templeton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grover Beach has the higher population (12,687 vs 8,608 in Templeton). Templeton has the higher median household income ($114,155 vs $82,534 in Grover Beach). Templeton has the higher median home value ($782,700 vs $691,900 in Grover Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Grover Beach	Templeton
Population	12,687	8,608
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,534	$114,155
Median home value	$691,900	$782,700
Median gross rent	$1,921	$2,399
Housing units	5,757	3,417
Homeownership rate	55.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grover Beach	Templeton
Population	13,535 → 12,687 (-6.3%)	7,838 → 8,608 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$64,217 → $82,534 (+28.5%)	$82,237 → $114,155 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$493,700 → $691,900 (+40.1%)	$528,400 → $782,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,921 (+29.7%)	$1,241 → $2,399 (+93.3%)

Grover Beach

Population

13,53512,687

Median household income

$64,217$82,534

Median home value

$493,700$691,900

Median gross rent

$1,481$1,921

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)

	Grover Beach	Templeton
Under 5	4.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.4%
75 and over	6.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grover Beach	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	75.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grover Beach	Templeton
No high school diploma	16.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grover Beach	Templeton
Drove alone	72.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	9.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grover Beach	Templeton
1-unit, detached	61.8%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Grover Beach	Templeton
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1977	1997