Edwards AFB vs South Taft

A side-by-side comparison of Edwards AFB and South Taft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edwards AFB has the higher population (2,566 vs 2,534 in South Taft). Edwards AFB has the higher median household income ($92,120 vs $41,875 in South Taft). Since 2019, South Taft's population has grown faster (+43.3% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
Population	2,566	2,534
Median age	24.1 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,120	$41,875
Median home value	—	$155,700
Median gross rent	$2,314	$892
Housing units	819	767
Homeownership rate	3.3%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
Population	2,545 → 2,566 (+0.8%)	1,768 → 2,534 (+43.3%)
Median household income	$76,989 → $92,120 (+19.7%)	$25,639 → $41,875 (+63.3%)
Median home value	—	$76,000 → $155,700 (+104.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,714 → $2,314 (+35.0%)	$764 → $892 (+16.8%)

Edwards AFB

Population

2,5452,566

Median household income

$76,989$92,120

Median gross rent

$1,714$2,314

South Taft

Population

1,7682,534

Median household income

$25,639$41,875

Median home value

$76,000$155,700

Median gross rent

$764$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
Under 5	18.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	13.0%	17.4%
25 to 34	32.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	1.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	7.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	2.4%
75 and over	0.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	31.8%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	66.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
No high school diploma	0.6%	43.0%
High school graduate	13.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
Drove alone	85.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
1-unit, detached	64.2%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	32.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edwards AFB	South Taft
Poverty rate	3.2%	40.1%
Average household size	3.35	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	11	38
Median year structure built	2000	1954