Taylor vs Westland

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

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

Westland has the higher population (84,155 vs 62,405 in Taylor). Westland has the higher median household income ($62,216 vs $59,537 in Taylor). Westland has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $141,200 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Taylor	Westland
Population	62,405	84,155
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,537	$62,216
Median home value	$141,200	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,113
Housing units	26,741	38,097
Homeownership rate	65.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taylor	Westland
Population	61,379 → 62,405 (+1.7%)	81,938 → 84,155 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$50,053 → $59,537 (+18.9%)	$50,710 → $62,216 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $141,200 (+46.6%)	$121,100 → $176,500 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,036 (+17.7%)	$894 → $1,113 (+24.5%)

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

Westland

Population

81,93884,155

Median household income

$50,710$62,216

Median home value

$121,100$176,500

Median gross rent

$894$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taylor	Westland
Under 5	6.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.7%
75 and over	6.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taylor	Westland
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	62.1%
Black or African American	19.5%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taylor	Westland
No high school diploma	13.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taylor	Westland
Drove alone	79.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taylor	Westland
1-unit, detached	73.2%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	17.3%
20 or more units	3.8%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Taylor	Westland
Poverty rate	16.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1963	1969