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TaylorsSC

Taylors, SC is a 22K-resident city in Greenville County with a median household income of $77,144.

Greenville County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Taylors, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Taylors has a population larger than 48% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $257,500.

Data updated 2026-09-05

22K
Population (place)
Bottom 49%
By size
$77,144
Median income (place)
$257,500
Median home (place)
10.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Taylors

Taylors posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 47%
by median income, US cities

Where Taylors income ranks nationally

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

$77,144 Bottom 46% higher than 46% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Taylors $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 SC

Population among 50 SC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbia is the largest SC city on this list; Five Forks leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in SC

Median household income among the same 50-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Five Forks posts the highest place-level median income in SC; Columbia is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Taylors, SC beyond the headline numbers

Taylors sits inside Greenville County, South Carolina, at roughly 34.92°N, -82.30°W. Population 21,617, $77,144 median household income. Median home value $257,500, median rent $1,337. Poverty rate 10.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 10.6%, poverty in Taylors, SC runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Taylors costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

15% of Taylors workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 9.3% in Taylors, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Taylors 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)
21,617
Taylors · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$77,144
-14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$257,500
-38% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Greenville County): Taylors'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
548K+19%
Median Income
$76,932+57%
Median Home Value
$299,000+95%
Poverty Rate
10.8%-32%
Unemployment
4.4%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Taylors, SC
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,337/mo
Poverty Rate
10.6% -15% vs avg
Unemployment 4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 46.8%
Work From Home 15%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 68.6%
African American 11.5%
Asian 5.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
34.4%
Short Sleep Duration
32.4%
Obesity
31.1%
Physical Inactivity
21.8%
Binge Drinking
16%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.3%
Diabetes
11.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.6%
Current Smoking
10.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.8%
Annual Checkup 78.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Taylors?

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

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Sheet SC-TAYLORS · Taylors

Taylors: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Taylors, SC? ▼
Taylors, SC has a population of 21,617 people, located in Greenville County, South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Taylors? ▼
The median household income in Taylors, SC is $77,144 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.6%.
What is the median home value in Taylors? ▼
The median home value in Taylors, SC is $257,500. Median rent is $1,337/month.
What are the top health concerns in Taylors? ▼
The top health indicators in Taylors include High Blood Pressure (34.4%), Short Sleep Duration (32.4%), Obesity (31.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Taylors? ▼
The median age in Taylors, SC is 37.5 years. 46.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (10.6% here).

Quincy, MA 10.6% Palm Coast, FL 10.6% Silver Spring, MD 10.6% South Whittier, CA 10.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($77,144 here).

Christiansburg, VA $77,147 Indio, CA $77,167 Highland, CA $77,120 Jackson, MO $77,105

Compare Taylors with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Wade Hampton, SC 21K Greer, SC 28K Greenville, SC 65K Five Forks, SC 14K Mauldin, SC 25K Berea, SC 14K Parker, SC 11K Gantt, SC 14K
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Using Taylors'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 Taylors 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 Taylors against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina

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 (Greenville 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.