Taft Mosswood vs Thornton

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

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

Taft Mosswood has the higher population (1,199 vs 815 in Thornton). Taft Mosswood has the higher median household income ($55,526 vs $47,917 in Thornton). Thornton has the higher median home value ($455,300 vs $322,300 in Taft Mosswood).

Population, income & housing

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
Population	1,199	815
Median age	31.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,526	$47,917
Median home value	$322,300	$455,300
Median gross rent	$1,829	$898
Housing units	406	285
Homeownership rate	50.8%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
Population	1,104 → 1,199 (+8.6%)	1,033 → 815 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$57,137 → $55,526 (-2.8%)	$29,141 → $47,917 (+64.4%)
Median home value	$178,500 → $322,300 (+80.6%)	$322,700 → $455,300 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,829 (+68.9%)	$781 → $898 (+15.0%)

Taft Mosswood

Population

1,1041,199

Median household income

$57,137$55,526

Median home value

$178,500$322,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,829

Thornton

Population

1,033815

Median household income

$29,141$47,917

Median home value

$322,700$455,300

Median gross rent

$781$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
Under 5	1.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	18.5%	13.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	4.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	1.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	3.8%
75 and over	9.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	32.3%
Black or African American	24.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	60.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
No high school diploma	37.5%	34.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
Drove alone	78.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
1-unit, detached	97.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Taft Mosswood	Thornton
Poverty rate	19.0%	29.5%
Average household size	3.22	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	44	31
Median year structure built	1972	1966