Lost Hills vs Taft Heights

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

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

Lost Hills has the higher population (1,861 vs 1,588 in Taft Heights). Taft Heights has the higher median household income ($62,125 vs $42,333 in Lost Hills). Taft Heights has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $169,900 in Lost Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
Population	1,861	1,588
Median age	23.1 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,333	$62,125
Median home value	$169,900	$187,700
Median gross rent	$839	$1,135
Housing units	533	739
Homeownership rate	35.1%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
Population	1,726 → 1,861 (+7.8%)	1,998 → 1,588 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$34,875 → $42,333 (+21.4%)	$48,913 → $62,125 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $169,900 (+34.2%)	$147,000 → $187,700 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $839 (+20.9%)	$866 → $1,135 (+31.1%)

Lost Hills

Population

1,7261,861

Median household income

$34,875$42,333

Median home value

$126,600$169,900

Median gross rent

$694$839

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)

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
Under 5	6.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	36.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	22.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	3.8%
55 to 64	5.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	8.1%
75 and over	0.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	2.7%	53.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	97.3%	44.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
No high school diploma	66.0%	21.7%
High school graduate	18.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
Drove alone	85.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
1-unit, detached	42.2%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lost Hills	Taft Heights
Poverty rate	26.9%	15.9%
Average household size	3.91	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1986	1948