Community & Data
Templeton Demographics
A Portrait of Templeton
Templeton is an inland town of about 32 square miles in northern Worcester County, spread across four villages: Templeton Center, East Templeton, Baldwinville and Otter River. It is a town of homeowners, with 85 percent of its occupied units owner-occupied and households averaging about 2.5 people, and it is overwhelmingly settled: fewer than one resident in fifty was born outside the United States. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov), American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024.
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 8,149
- Households: 3,224
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 1.7% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 14.7%
- Under 18: 22.9%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 92.5%
- Asian: 1.5%
- Black or African American: 0.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 3.7%
- Two or more races: 4.0%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 3.3%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $101,154
- Poverty rate: 10.6%
- Median home value: $358,500
- Median gross rent: $1,207
- Homeownership: 85.3% of units
- In the labor force: 66.7%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s most recent enrollment snapshot. As in most of the state, Templeton’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 6,735
- Unenrolled (no party): 5,157 (76.57%)
- Democrats: 761 (11.30%)
- Republicans: 768 (11.40%)
- Political designations: 49 (0.73%)
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Templeton
- MA Secretary of the Commonwealth, Voter Registration
- MA DESE, Narragansett Regional
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Elections Calendar: August 22, 2026 was the last day to register to vote and change party enrollment for the September 1, 2026 state primary (G. L. c. 51, sections 26 and 28), which is the date this enrollment count is as of.
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