Taylorsville is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,112 people and two associated neighborhoods, Taylorsville is the 164th largest community in Mississippi.Taylorsville is a blue-collar town, with 47.45% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Taylorsville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Taylorsville who work in office and administrative support (16.79%), sales jobs (6.57%), and teaching (5.99%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.96% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Taylorsville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Taylorsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Taylorsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Taylorsville may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Taylorsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Taylorsville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.39% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Taylorsville in 2022 was $23,940, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,760 for a family of four. However, Taylorsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Taylorsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Taylorsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Taylorsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Taylorsville include English, Irish, German, Welsh, and African. The most common language spoken in Taylorsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
