Occidental vs Temelec

A side-by-side comparison of Occidental and Temelec: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Temelec has the higher population (1,696 vs 1,162 in Occidental). Occidental has the higher median household income ($104,044 vs $73,654 in Temelec). Occidental has the higher median home value ($1,204,000 vs $658,600 in Temelec).

Population, income & housing

	Occidental	Temelec
Population	1,162	1,696
Median age	50.9 yrs	73.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,044	$73,654
Median home value	$1,204,000	$658,600
Median gross rent	$1,535	$3,070
Housing units	779	1,088
Homeownership rate	65.6%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.2%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	18.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Occidental	Temelec
Population	823 → 1,162 (+41.2%)	1,620 → 1,696 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$59,643 → $104,044 (+74.4%)	$44,861 → $73,654 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$633,300 → $1,204,000 (+90.1%)	$477,000 → $658,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,265 → $1,535 (-32.2%)	$2,088 → $3,070 (+47.0%)

Occidental

Population

8231,162

Median household income

$59,643$104,044

Median home value

$633,300$1,204,000

Median gross rent

$2,265$1,535

Temelec

Population

1,6201,696

Median household income

$44,861$73,654

Median home value

$477,000$658,600

Median gross rent

$2,088$3,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Occidental	Temelec
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.0%	1.2%
45 to 54	16.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	39.0%
75 and over	5.9%	42.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Occidental	Temelec
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.3%	0.0%
Some other race	18.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Occidental	Temelec
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	6.7%	4.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Occidental	Temelec
Drove alone	33.7%	42.6%
Carpooled	0.8%	3.0%
Public transit	3.7%	4.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	59.9%	50.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Occidental	Temelec
1-unit, detached	81.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Occidental	Temelec
Poverty rate	11.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.15	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1972	1982