South Taft vs Weedpatch

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

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

Weedpatch has the higher population (2,661 vs 2,534 in South Taft). South Taft has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $21,450 in Weedpatch). South Taft has the higher median home value ($155,700 vs $135,700 in Weedpatch).

Population, income & housing

	South Taft	Weedpatch
Population	2,534	2,661
Median age	25.8 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$21,450
Median home value	$155,700	$135,700
Median gross rent	$892	$783
Housing units	767	912
Homeownership rate	40.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Taft	Weedpatch
Population	1,768 → 2,534 (+43.3%)	2,291 → 2,661 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$25,639 → $41,875 (+63.3%)	$24,894 → $21,450 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $155,700 (+104.9%)	$113,000 → $135,700 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $892 (+16.8%)	$705 → $783 (+11.1%)

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

Weedpatch

Population

2,2912,661

Median household income

$24,894$21,450

Median home value

$113,000$135,700

Median gross rent

$705$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Taft	Weedpatch
Under 5	9.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	29.4%
18 to 24	17.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	20.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	7.8%
65 to 74	2.4%	8.5%
75 and over	2.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Taft	Weedpatch
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	8.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	66.2%	90.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Taft	Weedpatch
No high school diploma	43.0%	67.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Taft	Weedpatch
Drove alone	69.5%	93.0%
Carpooled	22.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Taft	Weedpatch
1-unit, detached	91.5%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	South Taft	Weedpatch
Poverty rate	40.1%	48.1%
Average household size	3.66	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	38	24
Median year structure built	1954	1974