Simpsonville vs Taylors

A side-by-side comparison of Simpsonville and Taylors: population, income, housing, and more.

Simpsonville and Taylors are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Simpsonville has the higher population (25,125 vs 23,686 in Taylors). Simpsonville has the higher median household income ($79,233 vs $71,747 in Taylors). Simpsonville has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $242,700 in Taylors).

Population, income & housing

	Simpsonville	Taylors
Population	25,125	23,686
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,233	$71,747
Median home value	$267,500	$242,700
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,260
Housing units	10,267	10,241
Homeownership rate	66.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Simpsonville	Taylors
Population	22,234 → 25,125 (+13.0%)	22,230 → 23,686 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$71,990 → $79,233 (+10.1%)	$61,667 → $71,747 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $267,500 (+54.3%)	$165,200 → $242,700 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,322 (+24.8%)	$917 → $1,260 (+37.4%)

Simpsonville

Population

22,23425,125

Median household income

$71,990$79,233

Median home value

$173,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,322

Taylors

Population

22,23023,686

Median household income

$61,667$71,747

Median home value

$165,200$242,700

Median gross rent

$917$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Simpsonville	Taylors
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.0%
75 and over	5.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Simpsonville	Taylors
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	67.7%
Black or African American	19.5%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Simpsonville	Taylors
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Simpsonville	Taylors
Drove alone	78.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	13.4%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Simpsonville	Taylors
1-unit, detached	68.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Simpsonville	Taylors
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1999	1983