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A town of 7,144, settled in 1956. Public schools that outperform most of Kentucky.
Trash day: look up yoursFew places in the country grade higher. Taylor Mill earns an A, 16th among Kentucky's 138 graded towns. Its schools rank ahead of 90% of Kentucky towns, it reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, and the median household earns $89K. The exception is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 77% of the country. 84% of households own their home in Taylor Mill, above both Kentucky’s towns (59%) and U.S. towns (73%). Taylor Mill's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. Emery Row is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Taylor Mill beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony Elementary School | K–8 | 73 |
| Taylor Mill Christian Academy | K–8 | 18 |
| Woodland Middle School | 6–8 | 542 |
Where Taylor Mill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Taylor Mill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 710 in 1960, 6,873 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Taylor Mill. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
6 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw27 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
Big draw26 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPaycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Taylor Mill, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Taylor Mill.
Taylor Mill pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and sees little violent crime, but it has property taxes 1.6 times the Kentucky norm.
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $276K.
Its public schools are run by the Kenton County school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Scott High School, with 1,017 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 542 | A− |
| Scott High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,017 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Taylor Mill’s property crime rate is 4.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Taylor Mill | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.6 per 1,000 residents | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
21% of adults smoke cigarettes in Taylor Mill. Taylor Mill beats the Kentucky average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Taylor Mill.
| Taylor Mill | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Taylor Mill | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 11.7% |
| More smokers | 21% | 18.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Taylor Mill for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Taylor Mill fell to 1,253 in 2023, 257 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work in Taylor Mill is 21 minutes.
| Taylor Mill | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 16% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Taylor Mill has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median property tax bill is $2,432, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Taylor Mill home is worth about $276,000, up 2.5% in a year, 20% above the Kentucky typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Taylor Mill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Pride Park, at 32 acres.
| Taylor Mill | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pride Park | — | 32 |
| 2. Bill Cappel Sports Complex | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
14 within 15 miles of the center of Taylor Mill
About 7 of every 100 Taylor Mill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
City in Kentucky, United States
Taylor Mill is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 6,873 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Taylor Mill.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mill | #16 | A | B+ | A | A | C− |
| Covington | #72 | C+ | B | C | B+ | C− |
| Wilder | #22 | A | B+ | B+ | A | B |
| Fairview | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryland Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fairview and Ryland Heights aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Taylor Mill with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Taylor Mill grades A overall, better than 92% of U.S. towns and #16 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades C− for health, A for safety and A for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($81,120 across the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
2 notable people were born here, including Carly Pearce and Dave Bezold.
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