Taylors is a medium-sized town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 23,222 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Taylors is the 24th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Taylors is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Taylors is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Taylors who work in sales jobs (11.65%), office and administrative support (11.58%), and management occupations (10.90%). Also of interest is that Taylors has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.36% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small town, Taylors does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Taylors are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.41% of adults in Taylors have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Taylors in 2022 was $34,539, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,156 for a family of four. However, Taylors contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Taylors is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Taylors home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Taylors residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Taylors also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.18% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Taylors include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Taylors is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
