The City of Taylor TX sits roughly nine miles east of Hutto, eight miles south of Granger, and 29 miles northeast of Austin. In 1876 the Texas Land Company auctioned lots in advance of the arrival of the International-Great Northern Railroad. The city was named after Edward Moses Taylor, a railroad official, as was the custom at that time and officially became Taylor in 1892. Immigrants from the modern-day Czech Republic, as well as from Germany and Austria helped establish the town. It later became a busy shipping point for cattle, grain, and cotton.
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The population of Taylor is 95% urban, 5% rural and has grown by 19.6% since 2000 to 16,233 currently with 51.2% of residents being female and 48.8% male. The median resident age is 38.4 years compared to 34 for Texas overall. Median household income is up to $43,609 from 2000 when it was $38,549. The State of Texas median is $51,704. Per capita income has grown from $16,683 in 2000 to $20,904 present-day. Median house or condo value is up from $77,500 in 2000 to $111,438 compared to the state median of $132,000. The median rent is $801.
Average housing prices are as follows:
The population breakdown by race is:
Hispanic: 42.8%
The population broken down by ancestry is:
Out of residents 25 and older 77% have a high school diploma or higher, 15% have a bachelor's degree or higher, and 5.3% have a graduate or professional degree. The unemployment rate is currently 3.6% and the average commute is 26.9 minutes. The cost of living index is 92.5 compared to the U.S. national index of 100.
The population breakdown by marital status 15 years and over is:
Out of Taylor's entire population, 1,492 residents are foreign born with 8% coming from Latin America. Only 8.9% of the city is from foreign soil compared to 16.5% in the entire state of Texas.
The median property taxes paid for housing with mortgages is $2,516 or 2.2% and without a mortgage is $2,191 or 2%.
Single-family building permits for new house constructions from 1997 to 2012 have been distributed as follows:
The people of Taylor place a lot of value on seeing one another succeed. The Chamber of Commerce is proud of its over 300 members and believes that small town life doesn't have to mean small ideas.
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Area Vibes ranks livability in Taylor as follows:
This compares to the overall livability score of both Texas and the United States of 72 out of 100.
According to City Data, the crime rate has remained well under the national average from 2001 to 2013, due to citizens who work well with law enforcement to keep things safe. Crime scores for those years are as follows:
This compares to the national average of 294.7. With an extremely low crime rate Taylor has grown into the 333rd most livable city in Texas and 4,037th in the United States.
Great Schools rates the school system in Taylor a five out of a possible ten points. The school-by-school ratings are as follows:
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Taylor is known as the hometown of Bill Pickett, Tex Avery, K.C. Jones, and the birthplace of former Texas Governor Dan Moody. Actor Rip Torn graduated from Taylor High School. Greg Ginn of the band Black Flag relocated SST records to Taylor in 2007. Besides a few celebrities Taylor is known as a place you can go to start a business and receive major community support.
