Paradise Heights vs Taft

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

Paradise Heights 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 950 in Paradise Heights). Since 2019, Paradise Heights's population has grown faster (+56.0% vs +47.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise Heights	Taft
Population	950	1,867
Median age	53.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,161
Median home value	—	$165,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,116
Housing units	574	868
Homeownership rate	74.4%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise Heights	Taft
Population	609 → 950 (+56.0%)	1,263 → 1,867 (+47.8%)
Median household income	—	$33,955 → $40,161 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $187,200 (+20.2%)	$97,400 → $165,900 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$912 → $1,116 (+22.4%)

Paradise Heights

Population

609950

Median home value

$155,700$187,200

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)

	Paradise Heights	Taft
Under 5	8.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	19.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	28.1%	23.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	10.7%
75 and over	0.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise Heights	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	32.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.5%	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	4.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise Heights	Taft
No high school diploma	18.3%	28.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise Heights	Taft
Drove alone	59.5%	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	40.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise Heights	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

	Paradise Heights	Taft
Poverty rate	9.7%	18.1%
Average household size	1.66	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1973	1984