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.Taylor is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.76% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Taylor, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.82 minutes every day commuting to work. 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.
