Temple vs Wernersville

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

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

Wernersville has the higher population (2,767 vs 2,335 in Temple). Temple has the higher median household income ($71,773 vs $71,500 in Wernersville). Wernersville has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $161,400 in Temple).

Population, income & housing

	Temple	Wernersville
Population	2,335	2,767
Median age	32.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,773	$71,500
Median home value	$161,400	$218,100
Median gross rent	$1,261	$1,576
Housing units	861	1,263
Homeownership rate	63.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Temple	Wernersville
Population	1,689 → 2,335 (+38.2%)	2,793 → 2,767 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$60,644 → $71,773 (+18.4%)	$55,495 → $71,500 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $161,400 (+23.8%)	$167,600 → $218,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,261 (+31.5%)	$1,036 → $1,576 (+52.1%)

Temple

Population

1,6892,335

Median household income

$60,644$71,773

Median home value

$130,400$161,400

Median gross rent

$959$1,261

Wernersville

Population

2,7932,767

Median household income

$55,495$71,500

Median home value

$167,600$218,100

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Temple	Wernersville
Under 5	2.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	29.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	17.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	3.3%	13.0%
75 and over	5.3%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Temple	Wernersville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	87.3%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	27.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Temple	Wernersville
No high school diploma	14.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	44.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Temple	Wernersville
Drove alone	74.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	17.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Temple	Wernersville
1-unit, detached	41.2%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Temple	Wernersville
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.85	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1953	1971