Detroit vs Taylor

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

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

Detroit has the higher population (636,644 vs 62,405 in Taylor). Taylor has the higher median household income ($59,537 vs $39,575 in Detroit). Taylor has the higher median home value ($141,200 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Taylor
Population	636,644	62,405
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,575	$59,537
Median home value	$76,800	$141,200
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,036
Housing units	326,065	26,741
Homeownership rate	49.7%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Taylor
Population	674,841 → 636,644 (-5.7%)	61,379 → 62,405 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$30,894 → $39,575 (+28.1%)	$50,053 → $59,537 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $76,800 (+56.1%)	$96,300 → $141,200 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,034 (+25.5%)	$880 → $1,036 (+17.7%)

Detroit

Population

674,841636,644

Median household income

$30,894$39,575

Median home value

$49,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$824$1,034

Taylor

Population

61,37962,405

Median household income

$50,053$59,537

Median home value

$96,300$141,200

Median gross rent

$880$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Taylor
Under 5	6.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.6%
75 and over	5.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	64.7%
Black or African American	76.4%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Taylor
No high school diploma	16.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Taylor
Drove alone	66.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.5%
Public transit	6.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.3%
Other means	3.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Taylor
1-unit, detached	64.7%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	13.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Taylor
Poverty rate	31.5%	16.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1947	1963