Casa Loma vs Taft Heights

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

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

Casa Loma has the higher population (1,836 vs 1,588 in Taft Heights). Taft Heights has the higher median household income ($62,125 vs $42,813 in Casa Loma). Casa Loma has the higher median home value ($224,100 vs $187,700 in Taft Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
Population	1,836	1,588
Median age	34.0 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$62,125
Median home value	$224,100	$187,700
Median gross rent	$822	$1,135
Housing units	566	739
Homeownership rate	42.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
Population	1,404 → 1,836 (+30.8%)	1,998 → 1,588 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$32,336 → $42,813 (+32.4%)	$48,913 → $62,125 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $224,100 (+73.5%)	$147,000 → $187,700 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $822 (+46.5%)	$866 → $1,135 (+31.1%)

Casa Loma

Population

1,4041,836

Median household income

$32,336$42,813

Median home value

$129,200$224,100

Median gross rent

$561$822

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)

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
Under 5	4.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	22.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	3.8%
55 to 64	5.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	4.7%	8.1%
75 and over	11.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	53.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	88.0%	44.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
No high school diploma	41.0%	21.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
Drove alone	46.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	39.1%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
1-unit, detached	67.7%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Casa Loma	Taft Heights
Poverty rate	34.7%	15.9%
Average household size	3.05	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1967	1948