Polkville vs Taylorsville

A side-by-side comparison of Polkville and Taylorsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Polkville and Taylorsville are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Taylorsville has the higher population (1,997 vs 664 in Polkville). Polkville has the higher median household income ($55,357 vs $33,750 in Taylorsville). Taylorsville has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $80,300 in Polkville).

Population, income & housing

	Polkville	Taylorsville
Population	664	1,997
Median age	33.7 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,357	$33,750
Median home value	$80,300	$134,500
Median gross rent	$740	$658
Housing units	307	746
Homeownership rate	86.8%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polkville	Taylorsville
Population	813 → 664 (-18.3%)	2,080 → 1,997 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$46,563 → $55,357 (+18.9%)	$37,802 → $33,750 (-10.7%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $80,300 (+28.5%)	$121,800 → $134,500 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $740 (-1.3%)	$574 → $658 (+14.6%)

Polkville

Population

813664

Median household income

$46,563$55,357

Median home value

$62,500$80,300

Median gross rent

$750$740

Taylorsville

Population

2,0801,997

Median household income

$37,802$33,750

Median home value

$121,800$134,500

Median gross rent

$574$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polkville	Taylorsville
Under 5	10.7%	14.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	6.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	20.4%
25 to 34	22.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.3%
75 and over	9.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polkville	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	60.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	36.8%
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%	1.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polkville	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	20.3%	19.2%
High school graduate	44.3%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polkville	Taylorsville
Drove alone	72.4%	60.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	25.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polkville	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	62.9%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	36.5%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Polkville	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	14.7%	26.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	38	19
Median year structure built	1985	1978