Belton vs Temple

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

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

Temple has the higher population (86,358 vs 23,769 in Belton). Temple has the higher median household income ($64,945 vs $63,544 in Belton). Belton has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $220,300 in Temple).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Temple
Population	23,769	86,358
Median age	30.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,544	$64,945
Median home value	$252,000	$220,300
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,174
Housing units	8,358	35,228
Homeownership rate	51.5%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Temple
Population	21,685 → 23,769 (+9.6%)	74,762 → 86,358 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$55,539 → $63,544 (+14.4%)	$54,873 → $64,945 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $252,000 (+59.1%)	$143,400 → $220,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,237 (+33.9%)	$889 → $1,174 (+32.1%)

Belton

Population

21,68523,769

Median household income

$55,539$63,544

Median home value

$158,400$252,000

Median gross rent

$924$1,237

Temple

Population

74,76286,358

Median household income

$54,873$64,945

Median home value

$143,400$220,300

Median gross rent

$889$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Temple
Under 5	5.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	14.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.0%
75 and over	4.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Temple
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	50.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Temple
No high school diploma	14.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Temple
Drove alone	74.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	4.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Temple
1-unit, detached	58.8%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	11.5%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Temple
Poverty rate	16.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1995	1990