City safety & data profile

TaylorTX

Taylor, TX is a 17K-resident city in Williamson County with a median household income of $75,508.

Williamson County, Texas. 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 34% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $285,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 35%
By size
$75,508
Median income (place)
$285,800
Median home (place)
7.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Taylor

Taylor posts a median household income higher than 44% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Taylor area.

Bottom 45%
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)

$75,508 Bottom 44% higher than 44% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston 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, TX beyond the headline numbers

Taylor sits inside Williamson County, Texas, at roughly 30.57°N, -97.41°W. Population 16,702, $75,508 median household income. Median home value $285,800, median rent $1,074. Poverty rate 7.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Taylor, 0 with an ER.

At 7.7%, poverty in Taylor, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Taylor costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

13.8% of Taylor workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 21.8% in Taylor, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 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)
16,702
Taylor · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$75,508
-16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$285,800
-31% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Williamson 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
673K+52%
Median Income
$111,340+55%
Median Home Value
$447,000+150%
Poverty Rate
6.4%-9%
Unemployment
3.9%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Taylor, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,074/mo
Poverty Rate
7.7% -38% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.4%
Work From Home 13.8%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 57.4%
African American 7.4%
Asian 0.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
38.8%
Short Sleep Duration
36%
High Blood Pressure
35.8%
Physical Inactivity
33%
Lack of Health Insurance
21.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
18%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Binge Drinking
15%
Current Smoking
14.5%
Diabetes
14.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.1%
Annual Checkup 75.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.8%
Stroke
3.8%

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 TX-TAYLOR-TX · 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 Texas 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Taylor, TX?
Taylor, TX has a population of 16,702 people, located in Williamson County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Taylor?
The median household income in Taylor, TX is $75,508 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.7%.
What is the median home value in Taylor?
The median home value in Taylor, TX is $285,800. Median rent is $1,074/month.
What are the top health concerns in Taylor?
The top health indicators in Taylor include Obesity (38.8%), Short Sleep Duration (36%), High Blood Pressure (35.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Taylor?
Taylor has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Taylor?
The median age in Taylor, TX is 41.1 years. 20.4% 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 Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (7.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($75,508 here).

Compare Taylor with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

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 Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

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 (Williamson 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.