Pismo Beach vs Templeton

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

Pismo Beach 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 8,024 in Pismo Beach). Templeton has the higher median household income ($114,155 vs $112,913 in Pismo Beach). Pismo Beach has the higher median home value ($992,900 vs $782,700 in Templeton).

Population, income & housing

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
Population	8,024	8,608
Median age	55.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,913	$114,155
Median home value	$992,900	$782,700
Median gross rent	$2,298	$2,399
Housing units	6,060	3,417
Homeownership rate	67.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
Population	8,180 → 8,024 (-1.9%)	7,838 → 8,608 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$84,484 → $112,913 (+33.7%)	$82,237 → $114,155 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$768,600 → $992,900 (+29.2%)	$528,400 → $782,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,774 → $2,298 (+29.5%)	$1,241 → $2,399 (+93.3%)

Pismo Beach

Population

8,1808,024

Median household income

$84,484$112,913

Median home value

$768,600$992,900

Median gross rent

$1,774$2,298

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)

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
Under 5	2.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.4%
75 and over	14.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	14.1%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
Drove alone	71.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
1-unit, detached	55.8%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Pismo Beach	Templeton
Poverty rate	8.1%	4.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1986	1997