Lake Mary Jane vs Taft

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Mary Jane and Taft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Mary Jane has the higher population (2,323 vs 1,867 in Taft). Lake Mary Jane has the higher median household income ($146,094 vs $40,161 in Taft). Lake Mary Jane has the higher median home value ($453,200 vs $165,900 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
Population	2,323	1,867
Median age	51.4 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,094	$40,161
Median home value	$453,200	$165,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,116
Housing units	746	868
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
Population	2,572 → 2,323 (-9.7%)	1,263 → 1,867 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$129,632 → $146,094 (+12.7%)	$33,955 → $40,161 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$351,300 → $453,200 (+29.0%)	$97,400 → $165,900 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$912 → $1,116 (+22.4%)

Lake Mary Jane

Population

2,5722,323

Median household income

$129,632$146,094

Median home value

$351,300$453,200

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)

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
Under 5	3.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	25.1%	23.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.7%
75 and over	7.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	32.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
No high school diploma	9.1%	28.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
Drove alone	90.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.2%
Other means	2.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	50.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mary Jane	Taft
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.1%
Average household size	3.11	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1993	1984