Emery Row · Photo: Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030) · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Taylor Mill works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Taylor Mill A−; getting around on foot earns it B. 1,253 jobs are based in Taylor Mill; 3,322 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Taylor Mill for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Taylor Mill in brief
A lot of Taylor Mill workers cross into Ohio
20% of Taylor Mill workers work outside Kentucky, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Cincinnati (14%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Most Taylor Mill residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Many jobs in Taylor Mill pay little
26% of the jobs based in Taylor Mill pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Taylor Mill: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Taylor Mill is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #22 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Taylor Mill’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Taylor Mill could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Commuting out of Taylor Mill: the destinations
Where Taylor Mill clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Taylor Mill’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Taylor Mill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor Mill, 2013 → 2023: 1,510 → 1,253. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taylor Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Taylor Mill, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,279 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 1,210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Taylor Mill on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Taylor Mill: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taylor Mill workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,318 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Driving is how Taylor Mill gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Taylor Mill is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #69 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,753 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Taylor Mill households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Taylor Mill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Taylor Mill places 805th of 3,164 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Union KY | 7,937 | $137K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | Edgewood KY | 8,503 | $119K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 284 | Fort Wright KY | 6,240 | $105K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 803 | Orland Hills IL | 6,663 | $122K | 6.4% | 6.1% | 2% | A− |
| 804 | Hermon ME | 6,982 | $97K | 6.8% | 0.4% | 13% | A− |
| 805 | Taylor Mill KY | 7,144 | $89K | 10.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 806 | Eastampton Township NJ | 6,603 | $110K | 5.7% | 5.5% | 2% | A− |
| 807 | Rio del Mar CA | 9,201 | $160K | 2.3% | 5.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Taylor Mill, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
10% of Taylor Mill works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taylor Mill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mill | – | A− | B | 21 min | $88,546 |
| Covington | 10% | C+ | A | 22 min | $61,166 |
| Wilder | under 2% | B− | C | 20 min | $70,893 |
| Fairview | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Ryland Heights | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview and Ryland Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Covington. Darker towns draw more of Taylor Mill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Taylor Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Taylor Mill?
$88,546 (±$18,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylor Mill?
10.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylor Mill?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taylor Mill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (14%, 9 mi), Covington (10%, 2 mi), Florence (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Taylor Mill walkable?
Taylor Mill is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Taylor Mill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taylor Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taylor Mill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.