Taylorsville is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,111 people and two associated neighborhoods, Taylorsville is the 164th largest community in Mississippi.When you are in Taylorsville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.45% of Taylorsville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Taylorsville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Taylorsville who work in office and administrative support (16.79%), sales jobs (6.57%), and teaching (5.99%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.96% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Taylorsville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Taylorsville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Taylorsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Taylorsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Taylorsville may be for you. Being a small town, Taylorsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Taylorsville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Taylorsville in 2022 was $23,940, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,760 for a family of four. However, Taylorsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Taylorsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Taylorsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Taylorsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Taylorsville include English, Irish, German, Welsh, and African. The most common language spoken in Taylorsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
