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Taft Union High School District, CA

17,927 Population
557.4 square miles 32.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,979 ±$2,788 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
  • about half the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$57,962 ±$7,967 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

24% ±6% (4,135  ±1,085) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)
  • about double the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

26.7 minutes ±2.3 (180,265  ±27,130) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

6,056 ±466 Number of households
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.9 ±0.1 (17,335  ±1,369) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

6.9% ±4.7% (317  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

6,715 ±411 Number of housing units
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$235,100 ±$11,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

10.1% ±3.5% (1,794  ±633.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

73.3% ±4.2% (8,399  ±876.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
7.8% ±1.8% (896  ±223.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

16.5% ±3.6% (2,958  ±679) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

2.9% ±1.4% (388  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
388 Total veterans ±190 373 Male ±188 15 Female ±19

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