Taft vs Zellwood

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

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

Zellwood has the higher population (2,484 vs 1,867 in Taft). Zellwood has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $40,161 in Taft). Taft has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $157,600 in Zellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Taft	Zellwood
Population	1,867	2,484
Median age	47.4 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,161	$61,875
Median home value	$165,900	$157,600
Median gross rent	$1,116	—
Housing units	868	1,417
Homeownership rate	62.6%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taft	Zellwood
Population	1,263 → 1,867 (+47.8%)	3,166 → 2,484 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$33,955 → $40,161 (+18.3%)	$49,148 → $61,875 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $165,900 (+70.3%)	$97,900 → $157,600 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,116 (+22.4%)	$964 → $1,010 (+4.8%)

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

Zellwood

Population

3,1662,484

Median household income

$49,148$61,875

Median home value

$97,900$157,600

Median gross rent

$964$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taft	Zellwood
Under 5	1.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	5.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	4.3%
55 to 64	23.3%	23.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	30.6%
75 and over	8.9%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taft	Zellwood
White (non-Hispanic)	32.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	21.7%	0.1%
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	1.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.7%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taft	Zellwood
No high school diploma	28.3%	12.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taft	Zellwood
Drove alone	76.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	9.0%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taft	Zellwood
1-unit, detached	44.2%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.9%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	Taft	Zellwood
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1984	1984