Morro Bay vs Templeton

A side-by-side comparison of Morro Bay and Templeton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morro Bay has the higher population (10,717 vs 8,608 in Templeton). Templeton has the higher median household income ($114,155 vs $92,553 in Morro Bay). Morro Bay has the higher median home value ($864,900 vs $782,700 in Templeton).

Population, income & housing

	Morro Bay	Templeton
Population	10,717	8,608
Median age	52.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,553	$114,155
Median home value	$864,900	$782,700
Median gross rent	$1,820	$2,399
Housing units	6,271	3,417
Homeownership rate	60.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morro Bay	Templeton
Population	10,578 → 10,717 (+1.3%)	7,838 → 8,608 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$68,262 → $92,553 (+35.6%)	$82,237 → $114,155 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$607,300 → $864,900 (+42.4%)	$528,400 → $782,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,560 → $1,820 (+16.7%)	$1,241 → $2,399 (+93.3%)

Morro Bay

Population

10,57810,717

Median household income

$68,262$92,553

Median home value

$607,300$864,900

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,820

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)

	Morro Bay	Templeton
Under 5	3.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	10.4%
75 and over	13.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morro Bay	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morro Bay	Templeton
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	12.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morro Bay	Templeton
Drove alone	73.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	9.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morro Bay	Templeton
1-unit, detached	71.2%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Morro Bay	Templeton
Poverty rate	9.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1974	1997