Leander vs Taylor

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

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

Leander has the higher population (67,880 vs 16,767 in Taylor). Leander has the higher median household income ($140,180 vs $71,665 in Taylor). Leander has the higher median home value ($470,700 vs $246,800 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Leander	Taylor
Population	67,880	16,767
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,180	$71,665
Median home value	$470,700	$246,800
Median gross rent	$1,865	$1,181
Housing units	24,154	7,102
Homeownership rate	75.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leander	Taylor
Population	53,716 → 67,880 (+26.4%)	17,001 → 16,767 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$101,872 → $140,180 (+37.6%)	$52,672 → $71,665 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$263,400 → $470,700 (+78.7%)	$158,400 → $246,800 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,511 → $1,865 (+23.4%)	$931 → $1,181 (+26.9%)

Leander

Population

53,71667,880

Median household income

$101,872$140,180

Median home value

$263,400$470,700

Median gross rent

$1,511$1,865

Taylor

Population

17,00116,767

Median household income

$52,672$71,665

Median home value

$158,400$246,800

Median gross rent

$931$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leander	Taylor
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	19.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.5%
75 and over	2.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leander	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	45.7%
Black or African American	5.9%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	12.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	45.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leander	Taylor
No high school diploma	4.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	16.2%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leander	Taylor
Drove alone	61.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	27.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leander	Taylor
1-unit, detached	85.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Leander	Taylor
Poverty rate	4.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	2012	1978