Oceano vs Templeton

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

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

Templeton has the higher population (8,608 vs 7,098 in Oceano). Templeton has the higher median household income ($114,155 vs $69,448 in Oceano). Templeton has the higher median home value ($782,700 vs $518,500 in Oceano).

Population, income & housing

	Oceano	Templeton
Population	7,098	8,608
Median age	46.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,448	$114,155
Median home value	$518,500	$782,700
Median gross rent	$1,424	$2,399
Housing units	3,503	3,417
Homeownership rate	61.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceano	Templeton
Population	7,487 → 7,098 (-5.2%)	7,838 → 8,608 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$67,742 → $69,448 (+2.5%)	$82,237 → $114,155 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$392,000 → $518,500 (+32.3%)	$528,400 → $782,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,424 (+13.9%)	$1,241 → $2,399 (+93.3%)

Oceano

Population

7,4877,098

Median household income

$67,742$69,448

Median home value

$392,000$518,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,424

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)

	Oceano	Templeton
Under 5	5.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.4%
75 and over	14.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceano	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	75.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	42.7%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceano	Templeton
No high school diploma	20.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceano	Templeton
Drove alone	73.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	9.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceano	Templeton
1-unit, detached	56.3%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Oceano	Templeton
Poverty rate	17.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1978	1997