Palm River-Clair Mel vs Temple Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Palm River-Clair Mel and Temple Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Palm River-Clair Mel and Temple Terrace are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Temple Terrace has the higher population (26,922 vs 26,719 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Temple Terrace has the higher median household income ($65,756 vs $62,976 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Temple Terrace has the higher median home value ($306,200 vs $244,100 in Palm River-Clair Mel).

Population, income & housing

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
Population	26,719	26,922
Median age	35.0 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,976	$65,756
Median home value	$244,100	$306,200
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,489
Housing units	10,399	11,743
Homeownership rate	61.0%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
Population	23,844 → 26,719 (+12.1%)	26,539 → 26,922 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$47,856 → $62,976 (+31.6%)	$63,018 → $65,756 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $244,100 (+83.1%)	$228,900 → $306,200 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,439 (+47.4%)	$1,143 → $1,489 (+30.3%)

Palm River-Clair Mel

Population

23,84426,719

Median household income

$47,856$62,976

Median home value

$133,300$244,100

Median gross rent

$976$1,439

Temple Terrace

Population

26,53926,922

Median household income

$63,018$65,756

Median home value

$228,900$306,200

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
Under 5	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	12.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	19.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.6%
75 and over	3.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	49.0%
Black or African American	19.9%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.7%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
No high school diploma	16.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
Drove alone	68.9%	72.0%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.8%
Worked from home	16.2%	16.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
1-unit, detached	60.7%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	21.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	15.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Temple Terrace
Poverty rate	15.5%	12.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1991	1983