Taylor Springs vs Witt

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

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

Witt has the higher population (844 vs 691 in Taylor Springs). Witt has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $45,323 in Taylor Springs). Taylor Springs has the higher median home value ($67,100 vs $49,500 in Witt).

Population, income & housing

	Taylor Springs	Witt
Population	691	844
Median age	59.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,323	$52,813
Median home value	$67,100	$49,500
Median gross rent	$781	$529
Housing units	310	383
Homeownership rate	76.4%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taylor Springs	Witt
Population	596 → 691 (+15.9%)	786 → 844 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $45,323 (-4.6%)	$37,875 → $52,813 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $67,100 (+0.0%)	$52,000 → $49,500 (-4.8%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $781 (+17.8%)	$553 → $529 (-4.3%)

Taylor Springs

Population

596691

Median household income

$47,500$45,323

Median home value

$67,100$67,100

Median gross rent

$663$781

Witt

Population

786844

Median household income

$37,875$52,813

Median home value

$52,000$49,500

Median gross rent

$553$529

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taylor Springs	Witt
Under 5	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	19.2%	11.1%
75 and over	22.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taylor Springs	Witt
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taylor Springs	Witt
No high school diploma	7.4%	20.2%
High school graduate	57.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taylor Springs	Witt
Drove alone	89.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	2.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taylor Springs	Witt
1-unit, detached	74.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Taylor Springs	Witt
Poverty rate	20.0%	21.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	36
Median year structure built	1966	1954