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Taylor, TX
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Living in Taylor



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.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Taylor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.76% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 citizens of Taylor are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 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.