Taylor is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 16,975 people and six associated neighborhoods, Taylor is the 178th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities, Taylor isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Taylor are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Taylor is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Taylor who work in office and administrative support (13.34%), management occupations (12.09%), and sales jobs (10.07%). Also of interest is that Taylor has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.76% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Taylor, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.82 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The percentage of adults in Taylor with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.66% of adults in Taylor have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Taylor in 2022 was $32,719, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,876 for a family of four. However, Taylor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Taylor is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Taylor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Taylor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Taylor also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.80% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Taylor include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Taylor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
