City safety & data profile

TaylorMI

Taylor, MI is a 62K-resident city in Wayne County with a median household income of $61,081.

Wayne County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Taylor, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Taylor has a population larger than 84% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $152,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

62K
Population (place)
Top 16%
By size
$61,081
Median income (place)
$152,600
Median home (place)
18.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Taylor

Taylor posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Taylor area.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Taylor

Where Taylor income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,081 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Taylor $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Taylor, MI beyond the headline numbers

Taylor sits inside Wayne County, Michigan, at roughly 42.24°N, -83.27°W. Population 61,568, $61,081 median household income. Median home value $152,600, median rent $1,101. Poverty rate 18.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Taylor, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.4% of Taylor, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Taylor runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 10% of Taylor workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.4% in Taylor, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Taylor from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
61,568
Taylor · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,081
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$152,600
-63% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Wayne County): Taylor's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.8M-2%
Median Income
$60,539+47%
Median Home Value
$178,500+106%
Poverty Rate
20.8%-15%
Unemployment
8.7%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Taylor, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,101/mo
Poverty Rate
18.4% +48% vs avg
Unemployment 7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.4%
Work From Home 10%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 67%
African American 19.2%
Asian 2.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.1%
High Blood Pressure
37.3%
Obesity
35.8%
Physical Inactivity
29.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.1%
Current Smoking
18.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.1%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Diabetes
12.5%
Current Asthma
12.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.1%
Annual Checkup 79.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.2%
Stroke
4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL - TAYLOR
TAYLOR · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Taylor?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Taylor right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-TAYLOR-MI · Taylor

Taylor: 6 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 6 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Detroit

Tagged alert mix: Taylor

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 6 tagged notices on record for Taylor.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Detroit, MI (6 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Taylor; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (6 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Detroit, MI 6 alerts Suffolk, VA 6 alerts Juneau, AK 6 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Taylor, MI? ▼
Taylor, MI has a population of 61,568 people, located in Wayne County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Taylor? ▼
The median household income in Taylor, MI is $61,081 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.4%.
What is the median home value in Taylor? ▼
The median home value in Taylor, MI is $152,600. Median rent is $1,101/month.
What are the top health concerns in Taylor? ▼
The top health indicators in Taylor include Short Sleep Duration (40.1%), High Blood Pressure (37.3%), Obesity (35.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Taylor? ▼
Taylor has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Taylor? ▼
The median age in Taylor, MI is 37.9 years. 16.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Taylor, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (18.4% here).

El Paso, TX 18.4% Mobile, AL 18.4% Springfield, MO 18.4% Victorville, CA 18.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($61,081 here).

Park Forest, IL $61,072 Woonsocket, RI $61,059 Ottumwa, IA $61,103 Grandview, WA $61,106

Compare Taylor with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Allen Park, MI 27K Inkster, MI 25K Southgate, MI 29K Lincoln Park, MI 37K Dearborn Heights, MI 56K Melvindale, MI 10K Garden City, MI 27K Woodhaven, MI 13K
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Using Taylor's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Taylor area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Taylor against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Wayne County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.