Harker Heights vs Temple

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

Harker Heights 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 33,595 in Harker Heights). Harker Heights has the higher median household income ($82,685 vs $64,945 in Temple). Harker Heights has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $220,300 in Temple).

Population, income & housing

	Harker Heights	Temple
Population	33,595	86,358
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,685	$64,945
Median home value	$269,000	$220,300
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,174
Housing units	12,803	35,228
Homeownership rate	62.2%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harker Heights	Temple
Population	30,861 → 33,595 (+8.9%)	74,762 → 86,358 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$74,839 → $82,685 (+10.5%)	$54,873 → $64,945 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $269,000 (+33.6%)	$143,400 → $220,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,114 (+19.0%)	$889 → $1,174 (+32.1%)

Harker Heights

Population

30,86133,595

Median household income

$74,839$82,685

Median home value

$201,400$269,000

Median gross rent

$936$1,114

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)

	Harker Heights	Temple
Under 5	7.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	23.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.0%
75 and over	2.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harker Heights	Temple
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	50.6%
Black or African American	26.6%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harker Heights	Temple
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	22.8%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harker Heights	Temple
Drove alone	77.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.0%	9.3%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harker Heights	Temple
1-unit, detached	68.0%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Harker Heights	Temple
Poverty rate	10.4%	17.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	2000	1990