Taylor is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 13,553 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Taylor is the 178th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Taylor is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Taylor is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Taylor who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.66%), sales jobs (8.72%), and management occupations (7.62%).

Residents of Taylor by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 96.8% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Taylor may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small city, Taylor doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Taylor Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Taylor rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.25% of adults 25 and older in Taylor have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Taylor in 2000 was $16,683, 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 $66,732 for a family of four.

Taylor is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Taylor home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Taylor is White, followed by 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 34.11% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Taylor include German, Czech, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Taylor is English. Some people also speak Spanish.