Bear Valley Springs vs Taft

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Valley Springs and Taft: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Valley Springs and Taft are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Taft has the higher population (7,228 vs 5,787 in Bear Valley Springs). Bear Valley Springs has the higher median household income ($121,069 vs $64,479 in Taft). Bear Valley Springs has the higher median home value ($478,900 vs $246,400 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
Population	5,787	7,228
Median age	54.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,069	$64,479
Median home value	$478,900	$246,400
Median gross rent	$1,272	$989
Housing units	2,816	2,840
Homeownership rate	94.6%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
Population	5,292 → 5,787 (+9.4%)	9,372 → 7,228 (-22.9%)
Median household income	$72,273 → $121,069 (+67.5%)	$45,197 → $64,479 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$319,300 → $478,900 (+50.0%)	$146,500 → $246,400 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,272 (+70.5%)	$697 → $989 (+41.9%)

Bear Valley Springs

Population

5,2925,787

Median household income

$72,273$121,069

Median home value

$319,300$478,900

Median gross rent

$746$1,272

Taft

Population

9,3727,228

Median household income

$45,197$64,479

Median home value

$146,500$246,400

Median gross rent

$697$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
Under 5	7.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	19.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	17.6%	9.4%
75 and over	14.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	58.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	3.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	32.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
No high school diploma	4.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	19.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
Drove alone	66.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	17.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	3.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
1-unit, detached	98.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley Springs	Taft
Poverty rate	4.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	41	20
Median year structure built	1991	1972