Christmas vs Taft

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

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

Taft has the higher population (1,867 vs 1,665 in Christmas). Christmas has the higher median household income ($83,015 vs $40,161 in Taft). Christmas has the higher median home value ($293,200 vs $165,900 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Christmas	Taft
Population	1,665	1,867
Median age	40.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,015	$40,161
Median home value	$293,200	$165,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,116
Housing units	725	868
Homeownership rate	86.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christmas	Taft
Population	1,832 → 1,665 (-9.1%)	1,263 → 1,867 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$54,911 → $83,015 (+51.2%)	$33,955 → $40,161 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$191,500 → $293,200 (+53.1%)	$97,400 → $165,900 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$912 → $1,116 (+22.4%)

Christmas

Population

1,8321,665

Median household income

$54,911$83,015

Median home value

$191,500$293,200

Taft

Population

1,2631,867

Median household income

$33,955$40,161

Median home value

$97,400$165,900

Median gross rent

$912$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christmas	Taft
Under 5	4.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	23.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.7%
75 and over	3.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christmas	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	32.6%
Black or African American	6.4%	21.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christmas	Taft
No high school diploma	8.6%	28.3%
High school graduate	23.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christmas	Taft
Drove alone	86.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christmas	Taft
1-unit, detached	48.6%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	51.4%	50.9%

Poverty & households

	Christmas	Taft
Poverty rate	15.3%	18.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1991	1984