Nipomo vs Templeton

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

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

Nipomo has the higher population (17,266 vs 8,608 in Templeton). Templeton has the higher median household income ($114,155 vs $102,382 in Nipomo). Templeton has the higher median home value ($782,700 vs $674,100 in Nipomo).

Population, income & housing

	Nipomo	Templeton
Population	17,266	8,608
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,382	$114,155
Median home value	$674,100	$782,700
Median gross rent	$1,956	$2,399
Housing units	6,027	3,417
Homeownership rate	69.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nipomo	Templeton
Population	17,601 → 17,266 (-1.9%)	7,838 → 8,608 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$82,543 → $102,382 (+24.0%)	$82,237 → $114,155 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$537,700 → $674,100 (+25.4%)	$528,400 → $782,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,488 → $1,956 (+31.5%)	$1,241 → $2,399 (+93.3%)

Nipomo

Population

17,60117,266

Median household income

$82,543$102,382

Median home value

$537,700$674,100

Median gross rent

$1,488$1,956

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)

	Nipomo	Templeton
Under 5	6.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.4%
75 and over	7.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nipomo	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	75.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	52.0%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nipomo	Templeton
No high school diploma	16.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.8%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nipomo	Templeton
Drove alone	79.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nipomo	Templeton
1-unit, detached	71.3%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Nipomo	Templeton
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.6%
Average household size	3.03	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1988	1997