Edinburg vs Taylorville

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

Edinburg 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 1,163 in Edinburg). Edinburg has the higher median household income ($95,292 vs $52,720 in Taylorville). Edinburg has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $106,300 in Taylorville).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburg	Taylorville
Population	1,163	11,149
Median age	43.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,292	$52,720
Median home value	$111,300	$106,300
Median gross rent	$829	$738
Housing units	528	5,503
Homeownership rate	71.0%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburg	Taylorville
Population	1,091 → 1,163 (+6.6%)	10,893 → 11,149 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $95,292 (+76.3%)	$39,979 → $52,720 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $111,300 (+18.7%)	$88,900 → $106,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $829 (+12.6%)	$672 → $738 (+9.8%)

Edinburg

Population

1,0911,163

Median household income

$54,063$95,292

Median home value

$93,800$111,300

Median gross rent

$736$829

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)

	Edinburg	Taylorville
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	21.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.9%
75 and over	5.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburg	Taylorville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburg	Taylorville
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	50.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburg	Taylorville
Drove alone	85.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburg	Taylorville
1-unit, detached	84.3%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Edinburg	Taylorville
Poverty rate	10.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1957	1967