It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Templeton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Templeton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Templeton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Templeton may be for you.
One downside of living in Templeton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Templeton, the average commute to work is 30.99 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Templeton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Templeton citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.01% of adults in Templeton have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Templeton in 2022 was $42,519, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,076 for a family of four. However, Templeton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Templeton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Templeton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Templeton include Irish, French Canadian, Italian, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Templeton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
