Assumption vs Taylorville

A side-by-side comparison of Assumption and Taylorville: population, income, housing, and more.

Assumption and Taylorville are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Taylorville has the higher population (11,149 vs 1,117 in Assumption). Assumption has the higher median household income ($55,764 vs $52,720 in Taylorville). Taylorville has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $72,100 in Assumption).

Population, income & housing

	Assumption	Taylorville
Population	1,117	11,149
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,764	$52,720
Median home value	$72,100	$106,300
Median gross rent	$646	$738
Housing units	605	5,503
Homeownership rate	61.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Assumption	Taylorville
Population	1,106 → 1,117 (+1.0%)	10,893 → 11,149 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $55,764 (+22.8%)	$39,979 → $52,720 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $72,100 (+1.7%)	$88,900 → $106,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $646 (+2.1%)	$672 → $738 (+9.8%)

Assumption

Population

1,1061,117

Median household income

$45,417$55,764

Median home value

$70,900$72,100

Median gross rent

$633$646

Taylorville

Population

10,89311,149

Median household income

$39,979$52,720

Median home value

$88,900$106,300

Median gross rent

$672$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Assumption	Taylorville
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	17.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.9%
75 and over	5.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Assumption	Taylorville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Assumption	Taylorville
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	51.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Assumption	Taylorville
Drove alone	86.7%	86.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Assumption	Taylorville
1-unit, detached	87.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Assumption	Taylorville
Poverty rate	11.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1947	1967