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Taylorsville, MS

1,997 Population
3.9 square miles 517.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±8.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Smith County: 42.9 ±1.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,940 ±$6,521 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Smith County: $25,965 ±$2,100
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$33,750 ±$12,050 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Smith County: $51,396 † ±$9,380
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

26.6% ±10.7% (532  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Smith County: 19.3% † 2,712 (±3.7% / ±522)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19 minutes ±10.1 (11,300  ±4,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Smith County: 29.4 142,070 (±2 / ±14,195)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

671 ±161 Number of households
  • Smith County: 5,397 ±228
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.9 ±1 (1,975  ±473) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Smith County: 2.6 14,037 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

13.5% ±8.7% (67  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Smith County: 5% † 153 (±2.8% / ±86)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

746 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Smith County: 6,684 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$134,500 ±$9,187 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Smith County: $114,000 ±$8,680
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

2.1% ±2% (40  ±38.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Smith County: 5.5% † 775 (±2% / ±283.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

80.8% ±29% (950  ±221.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Smith County: 82.3% 8,029 (±6.2% / ±621.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
11.4% ±7% (134  ±89.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Smith County: 14% † 1,370 (±3.1% / ±301.3)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.5% (4  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Smith County: 0.6% 83
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8.4% ±5.2% (133  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Smith County: 4.7% † 516 (±1.6% / ±169)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
133 Total veterans ±88 133 Male ±88 N/A Female ±14

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