With 8,914 people, Temperance is a city in Michigan. At a median age of 49.9, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 3%. 74% of homes are owner-occupied. Density works out to 1,933 people per square mile. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $250,100.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $81,503, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.9
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Temperance
What changed most since 1990
Median age34.0 → 49.9(+15.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants82.9% → 74.2%(−8.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share99.7% → 89.5%(−10.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Temperance's population equals 5.7% of Monroe County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.6% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 8.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)6.8%(35)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)37%(189)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.6%(141)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.7%(14)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 511 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Temperance, decade by decade
Temperance population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,542
$98,914
$175,685
18.7%
0.8
2000
7,757
$111,285
$252,299
21.3%
7.7
2010
8,517
$87,249
$248,585
23.7%
11.1
2020
9,188
$90,297
$207,259
28.7%
23.3
2024
8,914
$81,503
$250,100
31.3%
24.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
