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Taylorville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $138K, 2.2 years of the Taylorville area’s $63K median household income. It grades B− overall, 476th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. 27% of working residents work locally in Taylorville, against 8.3% in Illinois’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Only 64 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on history. The biggest park or preserve is Manners Park, at 38 acres.
Where Taylorville beats most towns.
Taylorville Courthouse Square Historic District
Edward Mills PurcellEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Taylorville is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,237 in 1880, 10,506 in 2020. The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 2 maps from 1923 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Taylorville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Taylorville.
Taylorville trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Springfield and other neighbors.
Homes are within reach (about $138K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 26 miles. The median property tax bill is $1,744, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Taylorville’s median rent is $828 a month. The typical Taylorville home is worth about $138,000, up 4.3% in a year, 53% below the Illinois typical home. 67% of Taylorville households own their home.
| Taylorville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $828 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Taylorville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Taylorville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Taylorville has about as many jobs (3,714) as working residents, but only 1,159 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 4,811 in 2013 to 3,714.
About one in 4 of Taylorville’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Taylorville is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Taylorville fell to 3,714 in 2023, 1,097 fewer than in 2013.
| Taylorville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,186 U.S. towns with household incomes like Taylorville’s, it is healthier than 64%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Taylorville beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 15% of adults report frequent physical distress in Taylorville.
| Taylorville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Taylorville | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.8% | 13.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Manners Park | 0.1 mi | 38 |
| 2. Jaynes Park | — | 11 |
| 3. Kiwanis Club Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Taylorville; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Taylorville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
2 places in Taylorville on the National Register of Historic Places.
20 notable people were born in Taylorville.
City in Illinois, United States
Taylorville is a city in and the county seat of Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,506 at the 2020 census, making it the county's largest city.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Taylorville grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #476 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health, B− for safety and B− for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
20 notable people were born here, including Edward Mills Purcell and Jon Corzine.
