Georgia · Census place 1375832

Temple, Georgia

Temple is a city in 2 counties of Georgia with an estimated 6,406 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,406
#124 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+25.9%
+1,318 people
Land area
6.8 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
941 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Temple. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Temple population, 2020 to 2024

Temple added 1,318 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +25.9%. In the latest year it moved by +87. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Temple is 39% of it.

5,08820205,58120216,19520226,31920236,4062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,026. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Temple covers 6.81 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 941 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Temple is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Temple spans

Temple crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,406 residents as follows; Carroll County holds 98.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Carroll County6,334
  2. 02Haralson County72
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Temple

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Temple by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30179. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Temple is

The Census internal point of Temple is at 33.733200, -85.027300. Atlanta, the capital, is 36.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Villa Rica, GA (20,095 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA, 26.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.733200, -85.027300
DMS
33°43'59.52"N 85°01'38.28"W
UTM
16N 682756.1E 3734321.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
865PPXMF+73

Daylight in Temple

At 33.73° N, Temple gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Temple

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Villa Rica, 6.4 miles away, with 20,095 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Temple, GA?

6,406 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,318 (25.9%) from 5,088 in July 2020.

What county is Temple in?

It spans 2 counties: Carroll County (6,334 residents), Haralson County (72 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Temple?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30179.

How far is Temple from Atlanta?

36.7 miles (59.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Temple.

What is the nearest larger city to Temple?

Villa Rica, GA, with 20,095 residents, 6.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.