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Taft, TX

2,847 Population
1.7 square miles 1,705.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±6.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,097 ±$5,780 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $33,684 ±$633
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$67,431 ±$21,612 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $65,801 ±$1,312
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

23.4% ±11.1% (659  ±311) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 17.3% 75,923 (±1% / ±4,248)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

26.6 minutes ±3.4 (26,820  ±5,847) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 21.8 4,082,820 (±0.5 / ±115,602)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

859 ±123 Number of households
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 167,004 ±1,477
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.3 ±0.5 (2,847  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 2.6 437,355 (±0 / ±138)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.4% ±4.9% (22  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 5.5% † 5,705 (±0.7% / ±674)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,131 ±150 Number of housing units
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 198,858 ±96
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$124,200 ±$23,316 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $195,400 ±$3,288
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

10.4% ±6.3% (292  ±177.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 14.6% 64,481 (±0.8% / ±3,517.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

77.9% ±6.6% (1,352  ±209.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 85.5% 255,077 (±1.3% / ±3,958.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
12.7% ±5.6% (221  ±101) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 23% 68,524 (±0.7% / ±1,941.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±1.6% (32  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 7.7% 34,441
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

9.4% ±3.5% (177  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 9% 30,345 (±0.4% / ±1,288)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
177 Total veterans ±70 172 Male ±68 5 Female ±9

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