Photo: Cookieman1.1.1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Taylor (7.0%) is higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Taylor for work; outside it, Detroit is the main destination (11%, 14 miles). For jobs and income Taylor is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Taylor is behind 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Taylor at work: what stands out
Taylor trades workers with the towns around it
Taylor has about as many jobs (22,504) as working residents (25,500), but they are mostly different people: 22,951 residents leave for work each day while 19,955 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Taylor are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Taylor draws workers from far and wide
The 22,504 jobs in Taylor are filled from a wide area. Taylor’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 56% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Where Taylor’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Taylor’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Taylor could be anywhere from C to C+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 22,951 residents head out to work, 2,549 work right here, and 19,955 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where people from Taylor work
Where Taylor clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
The 22,504 jobs based in Taylor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor, 2011 → 2021: 23,205 → 22,504. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taylor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Taylor: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taylor workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24,132 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Miles to work from Taylor
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Taylor is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 26,826 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.6% of Taylor households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Taylor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Taylor places 600th of 720 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 43,000 to 83,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 35 | Bloomfield Township MI | 43,904 | $163K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Meridian Township MI | 44,869 | $87K | 13.1% | 3.6% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Rochester Hills MI | 77,539 | $121K | 5.2% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 598 | Charleston WV | 46,117 | $66K | 15.8% | 6.5% | 49% | C |
| 599 | Florence-Graham CA | 60,690 | $65K | 20.1% | 9.2% | 3% | C |
| 600 | Taylor MI | 61,279 | $61K | 18.4% | 7.0% | 10% | C |
| 601 | Elyria OH | 53,634 | $55K | 16.7% | 5.6% | 20% | C |
| 602 | St. Joseph MO | 71,001 | $58K | 17.7% | 4.3% | 68% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 720 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Taylor compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Romulus (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taylor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | – | C | B | 22 min | $61,081 |
| Romulus | 7% | B− | C | 25 min | $69,151 |
| Brownstown Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $95,402 |
| Dearborn Heights | under 2% | C | B | 24 min | $60,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Taylor’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 2021, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Taylor?
$61,081 (±$2,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylor?
18.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylor?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taylor work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (11%, 14 mi), Dearborn (8%, 7 mi), Romulus (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Taylor walkable?
Taylor is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Taylor without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taylor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taylor
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.