Taft vs Tangelo Park

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

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

Tangelo Park has the higher population (2,103 vs 1,867 in Taft). Tangelo Park has the higher median household income ($65,761 vs $40,161 in Taft). Tangelo Park has the higher median home value ($239,300 vs $165,900 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Taft	Tangelo Park
Population	1,867	2,103
Median age	47.4 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,161	$65,761
Median home value	$165,900	$239,300
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,375
Housing units	868	915
Homeownership rate	62.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taft	Tangelo Park
Population	1,263 → 1,867 (+47.8%)	2,975 → 2,103 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$33,955 → $40,161 (+18.3%)	$39,406 → $65,761 (+66.9%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $165,900 (+70.3%)	$94,300 → $239,300 (+153.8%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,116 (+22.4%)	$1,111 → $1,375 (+23.8%)

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

Tangelo Park

Population

2,9752,103

Median household income

$39,406$65,761

Median home value

$94,300$239,300

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taft	Tangelo Park
Under 5	1.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	19.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	23.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.1%
75 and over	8.9%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taft	Tangelo Park
White (non-Hispanic)	32.6%	6.9%
Black or African American	21.7%	61.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.7%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taft	Tangelo Park
No high school diploma	28.3%	25.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taft	Tangelo Park
Drove alone	76.6%	71.8%
Carpooled	15.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	14.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taft	Tangelo Park
1-unit, detached	44.2%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	50.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Taft	Tangelo Park
Poverty rate	18.1%	14.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1984	1965