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Taft, CA

7,414 Population
15.3 square miles 485.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±6.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$27,539 ±$5,032 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $27,976 ±$490
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$52,414 ±$22,445 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $63,883 ±$1,325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

21.8% ±10.4% (1,497  ±717) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.3% 170,013 (±0.7% / ±6,132)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

21 minutes ±4 (51,760  ±14,287) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 23.9 7,892,245 (±0.4 / ±170,183)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

2,674 ±349 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 277,499 ±1,252
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
2.6 ±0.3 (6,913  ±178) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.2 879,856 (±0 / ±778)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

7.7% ±11.8% (125  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 6.5% 13,998 (±0.5% / ±1,034)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

2,849 ±388 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 301,687 ±400
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$219,400 ±$19,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $282,800 ±$2,883
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

6.7% ±3.1% (489  ±,227.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 10.4% 92,936 (±0.4% / ±3,909.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

82.7% ±12.9% (4,076  ±,725.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 76.6% 423,578 (±1% / ±5,535.6)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
10.2% ±3.7% (502  ±,186.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18.3% 101,371 (±0.5% / ±2,726.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

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

5.9% ±2.8% (434  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.7% 178,616
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

6% ±3.3% (341  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 34,212 (±0.2% / ±1,382)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
341 Total veterans ±188 309 Male ±187 32 Female ±37

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