Temple vs Walters

A side-by-side comparison of Temple and Walters: population, income, housing, and more.

Temple and Walters are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walters has the higher population (2,173 vs 822 in Temple). Walters has the higher median household income ($50,875 vs $29,914 in Temple). Walters has the higher median home value ($127,100 vs $55,600 in Temple).

Population, income & housing

	Temple	Walters
Population	822	2,173
Median age	51.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,914	$50,875
Median home value	$55,600	$127,100
Median gross rent	$703	$699
Housing units	543	1,101
Homeownership rate	81.6%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Temple	Walters
Population	873 → 822 (-5.8%)	2,621 → 2,173 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $29,914 (-16.5%)	$42,609 → $50,875 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$29,700 → $55,600 (+87.2%)	$81,400 → $127,100 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $703 (+17.2%)	$557 → $699 (+25.5%)

Temple

Population

873822

Median household income

$35,833$29,914

Median home value

$29,700$55,600

Median gross rent

$600$703

Walters

Population

2,6212,173

Median household income

$42,609$50,875

Median home value

$81,400$127,100

Median gross rent

$557$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Temple	Walters
Under 5	3.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	8.1%
75 and over	16.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Temple	Walters
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	67.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	13.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	11.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Temple	Walters
No high school diploma	16.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	48.6%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Temple	Walters
Drove alone	78.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	19.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Temple	Walters
1-unit, detached	86.6%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Temple	Walters
Poverty rate	27.9%	32.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1962	1966