Greenacres vs Taft

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

Greenacres 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 4,566 in Greenacres). Greenacres has the higher median household income ($81,369 vs $64,479 in Taft). Greenacres has the higher median home value ($324,700 vs $246,400 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Greenacres	Taft
Population	4,566	7,228
Median age	40.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,369	$64,479
Median home value	$324,700	$246,400
Median gross rent	$1,538	$989
Housing units	1,783	2,840
Homeownership rate	78.4%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenacres	Taft
Population	5,911 → 4,566 (-22.8%)	9,372 → 7,228 (-22.9%)
Median household income	$71,053 → $81,369 (+14.5%)	$45,197 → $64,479 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$221,700 → $324,700 (+46.5%)	$146,500 → $246,400 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,538 (+30.0%)	$697 → $989 (+41.9%)

Greenacres

Population

5,9114,566

Median household income

$71,053$81,369

Median home value

$221,700$324,700

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,538

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)

	Greenacres	Taft
Under 5	3.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	19.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.4%
75 and over	10.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenacres	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	58.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	32.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenacres	Taft
No high school diploma	10.7%	15.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenacres	Taft
Drove alone	82.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenacres	Taft
1-unit, detached	88.3%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenacres	Taft
Poverty rate	4.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1974	1972