City safety & data profile

TaylorvilleIL

Taylorville, IL is a 11K-resident city in Christian County with a median household income of $57,552.

Christian County, Illinois. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Taylorville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Taylorville has a population larger than 6% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $104,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 7%
By size
$57,552
Median income (place)
$104,100
Median home (place)
12.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Taylorville

Taylorville posts a median household income higher than 19% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Taylorville area.

Bottom 20%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Taylorville

Where Taylorville income ranks nationally

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

$57,552 Bottom 19% higher than 19% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Taylorville $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 IL

Population among 222 IL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Chicago is the largest IL city on this list; Hinsdale leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in IL

Median household income among the same 222-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Hinsdale posts the highest place-level median income in IL; Chicago is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Taylorville, IL beyond the headline numbers

Taylorville sits inside Christian County, Illinois, at roughly 39.55°N, -89.29°W. Population 10,873, $57,552 median household income. Median home value $104,100, median rent $828. Poverty rate 12.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Poverty in Taylorville, IL stands at 12.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Taylorville runs about 1.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 3.4% of Taylorville workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8% in Taylorville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Taylorville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Taylorville 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)
10,873
Taylorville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$57,552
-36% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$104,100
-75% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Christian County): Taylorville'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
34K-3%
Median Income
$62,611+39%
Median Home Value
$115,500+40%
Poverty Rate
10.2%-32%
Unemployment
4.6%-34%

Economics

Economics indicators for Taylorville, IL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$828/mo
Poverty Rate
12.4%
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.8%
Work From Home 3.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 90.5%
African American 3.3%
Asian 1.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
38.3%
Obesity
37.6%
Short Sleep Duration
36.2%
Physical Inactivity
26.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Binge Drinking
17.3%
Current Smoking
15.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Diabetes
12.7%
Current Asthma
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.2%
Annual Checkup 78.5%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
8%
Lack of Health Insurance
7.8%
Stroke
4.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
TAYLORVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
TAYLORVILLE · Critical Access Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Taylorville?

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

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Sheet IL-TAYLORVILLE · Taylorville

Taylorville: 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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Taylorville, IL? ▼
Taylorville, IL has a population of 10,873 people, located in Christian County, Illinois.
What is the median household income in Taylorville? ▼
The median household income in Taylorville, IL is $57,552 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.4%.
What is the median home value in Taylorville? ▼
The median home value in Taylorville, IL is $104,100. Median rent is $828/month.
What are the top health concerns in Taylorville? ▼
The top health indicators in Taylorville include High Blood Pressure (38.3%), Obesity (37.6%), Short Sleep Duration (36.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Taylorville? ▼
Taylorville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Taylorville? ▼
The median age in Taylorville, IL is 39.6 years. 15.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IL (12.4% here).

Anaheim, CA 12.4% Tacoma, WA 12.4% Ontario, CA 12.4% Midland, TX 12.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IL ($57,552 here).

Bluffton, IN $57,539 Midwest City, OK $57,520 Sanford, NC $57,586 Highland Springs, VA $57,599

Compare Taylorville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Springfield, IL 114K Decatur, IL 73K Lincoln, IL 14K Effingham, IL 13K Mattoon, IL 18K Jacksonville, IL 19K Bloomington, IL 78K Edwardsville, IL 25K
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Using Taylorville'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 Taylorville 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.
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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 (Christian 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.