Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Apr. 27, 2017
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2017
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	TMHC
Entity Registrant Name	Taylor Morrison Home Corp
Entity Central Index Key	0001562476
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Class A Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		52,108,830
Class B Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		67,390,504