† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupTaylorvilleIllinoisUnited States
German20.1%16.1%12.5%
English12.9%6.9%9.5%
Irish10.6%10.6%9.4%
American9.3%3.3%5.3%
Italian4.8%5.4%4.8%
Scottish2.1%—1.3%
French1.9%0.7%1.6%
Polish1.3%6.0%2.2%
African American†2.8%12.1%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Mexican1.6%14.4%11.3%
Chilean0.4%——
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.7%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Taylorville
Illinois
United States
Median age
39.6
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.3%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Taylorville
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$57,552
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.4%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.8%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Taylorville
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
14.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Taylorville
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Taylorville, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−18.9%
2008
−4.3%
2012
−20.5%
2016
−37.3%
2020
−36.0%
2024
−35.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.3%Harris1,532
66.6%Trump3,262
2.1%
R+35.3
D+0.7
R+33.9
4,896
R
31.1%Biden1,596
67.1%Trump3,446
1.9%
R+36.0
D+1.3
R+40.5
5,139
R
28.0%Clinton1,373
65.2%Trump3,202
6.8%
R+37.3
R+16.7
R+39.4
4,908
R
38.6%Obama1,799
59.1%Romney2,757
2.4%
R+20.5
R+16.2
R+24.4
4,666
R
46.5%Obama2,247
50.8%McCain2,455
2.8%
R+4.3
D+14.6
R+11.6
4,837
R
40.4%Kerry1,948
59.4%Bush2,859
0.2%
R+18.9
—
R+16.5
4,817
Taylorville sits at the center of Christian County, where decades of coal-industry decline have reshaped the local economy and pushed the electorate toward increasingly lopsided margins in statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 37.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.3 points.
A population of 10,646, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,552 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of West Frankfort and Nevada.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Taylorville, Illinois voted Republican by 35.3 points (R+35.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,896 votes cast, 1,532 went Democratic and 3,262 went Republican.
How many people live in Taylorville, Illinois?
Taylorville, Illinois has a population of 10,646 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Taylorville, Illinois?
Median household income in Taylorville, Illinois is $57,552 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Taylorville, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Taylorville, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
