Taft Mosswood vs Waterloo

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

Taft Mosswood and Waterloo 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 886 in Waterloo). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $55,526 in Taft Mosswood). Waterloo has the higher median home value ($883,200 vs $322,300 in Taft Mosswood).

Population, income & housing

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
Population	1,199	886
Median age	31.8 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,526	$250,001
Median home value	$322,300	$883,200
Median gross rent	$1,829	$1,908
Housing units	406	345
Homeownership rate	50.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
Population	1,104 → 1,199 (+8.6%)	670 → 886 (+32.2%)
Median household income	$57,137 → $55,526 (-2.8%)	$85,000 → $250,001 (+194.1%)
Median home value	$178,500 → $322,300 (+80.6%)	$683,800 → $883,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,829 (+68.9%)	$923 → $1,908 (+106.7%)

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

Waterloo

Population

670886

Median household income

$85,000$250,001

Median home value

$683,800$883,200

Median gross rent

$923$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
Under 5	1.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	6.1%
18 to 24	18.5%	14.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	1.8%	27.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.8%
75 and over	9.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	86.6%
Black or African American	24.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
No high school diploma	37.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	32.1%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
Drove alone	78.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	97.3%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Taft Mosswood	Waterloo
Poverty rate	19.0%	5.6%
Average household size	3.22	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	44	28
Median year structure built	1972	1956