Buttonwillow vs Taft Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Buttonwillow and Taft Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taft Heights has the higher population (1,588 vs 1,251 in Buttonwillow). Taft Heights has the higher median household income ($62,125 vs $35,417 in Buttonwillow). Buttonwillow has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $187,700 in Taft Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
Population	1,251	1,588
Median age	25.2 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$62,125
Median home value	$215,200	$187,700
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,135
Housing units	409	739
Homeownership rate	34.9%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
Population	1,443 → 1,251 (-13.3%)	1,998 → 1,588 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $35,417 (-7.6%)	$48,913 → $62,125 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $215,200 (+78.3%)	$147,000 → $187,700 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,100 (+14.1%)	$866 → $1,135 (+31.1%)

Buttonwillow

Population

1,4431,251

Median household income

$38,333$35,417

Median home value

$120,700$215,200

Median gross rent

$964$1,100

Taft Heights

Population

1,9981,588

Median household income

$48,913$62,125

Median home value

$147,000$187,700

Median gross rent

$866$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
Under 5	7.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	28.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	22.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	3.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.1%
75 and over	4.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	53.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	83.4%	44.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
No high school diploma	54.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	26.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
Drove alone	82.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
1-unit, detached	80.4%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buttonwillow	Taft Heights
Poverty rate	22.7%	15.9%
Average household size	3.33	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1970	1948