Schram City vs Taylor Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Schram City and Taylor Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Schram City and Taylor Springs are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Schram City has the higher population (720 vs 691 in Taylor Springs). Schram City has the higher median household income ($51,071 vs $45,323 in Taylor Springs). Schram City has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $67,100 in Taylor Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
Population	720	691
Median age	37.9 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,071	$45,323
Median home value	$86,500	$67,100
Median gross rent	$794	$781
Housing units	339	310
Homeownership rate	58.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
Population	674 → 720 (+6.8%)	596 → 691 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$47,625 → $51,071 (+7.2%)	$47,500 → $45,323 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$61,900 → $86,500 (+39.7%)	$67,100 → $67,100 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $794 (+27.9%)	$663 → $781 (+17.8%)

Schram City

Population

674720

Median household income

$47,625$51,071

Median home value

$61,900$86,500

Median gross rent

$621$794

Taylor Springs

Population

596691

Median household income

$47,500$45,323

Median home value

$67,100$67,100

Median gross rent

$663$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
Under 5	8.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	9.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.3%	21.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	19.2%
75 and over	9.6%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	47.6%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
Drove alone	84.3%	89.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
1-unit, detached	70.8%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Schram City	Taylor Springs
Poverty rate	15.1%	20.0%
Average household size	2.32	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1969	1966