TaylorAL
A town of 2,359, settled in 1874.
Is Taylor a good place to live?
Taylor’s best subject grades are an A− for schools and a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Among 138 Alabama towns, just 1 have a lower property crime rate than Taylor. Taylor's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. Taylor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Taylor for work
Where Taylor’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Taylor grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Taylor is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Taylor: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Taylor, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Taylor.
A larger share of adults in Taylor have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical Alabama or U.S. town
28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Taylor, against 24% in Alabama’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns. 39% of adults have high blood pressure in Taylor. Taylor beats the Alabama average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| Taylor | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Taylor | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 12.7% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.6% | 4.1% |
| More adults with depression | 28.2% | 23.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More than half of Taylor’s working residents commute to Dothan
Most working residents leave Taylor for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Taylor grew to 588 in 2023, 357 more than in 2013. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Taylor, where Alabama’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Taylor | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Taylor are worth about $167K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Taylor home is worth about $167,000, up 0.6% in a year, 30% below the Alabama typical home.
| Taylor | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,046 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Taylor has mild winters and hot summers
Taylor has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Taylor is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Taylor, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Taylor since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Taylor stands out in Alabama and nationally: violent crime there is lower
Taylor’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents. Taylor's reported crime rate is well below Alabama's.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
| Taylor | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. City of Taylor Walking Trail | — | 13 |
| 2. Taylor Recreational Park | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Taylor
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Taylor
About 3 of every 100 Taylor residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Taylor
Town in Alabama, United States
Taylor is a town in Geneva and Houston counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. Taylor was first settled in the 1870s, named after an early family that helped secure the first post office. It was not incorporated until almost a century later in June 1967. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Taylor had a population of 2,262.
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- Area
- 7.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 331 ft
- Area code
- 334
Taylor’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Taylor.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Dothan | #161 | D− | B− | D | C | C− |
| Rehobeth | — | — | B | — | A− | D |
| Malvern | — | — | B+ | — | A− | D |
Taylor, Rehobeth and Malvern have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Taylor, Rehobeth and Malvern report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Taylor with a neighbor →
Questions about Taylor
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Taylor, AL expensive?
Not for the area. That is 2.9 years of the area's median household income ($57,791 across the Dothan, AL metro area).