Aransas Pass vs Taft

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

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

Aransas Pass has the higher population (8,807 vs 2,847 in Taft). Taft has the higher median household income ($67,431 vs $59,359 in Aransas Pass). Aransas Pass has the higher median home value ($212,100 vs $124,200 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Aransas Pass	Taft
Population	8,807	2,847
Median age	42.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,359	$67,431
Median home value	$212,100	$124,200
Median gross rent	$1,146	$980
Housing units	4,890	1,131
Homeownership rate	61.8%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aransas Pass	Taft
Population	8,088 → 8,807 (+8.9%)	2,945 → 2,847 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$43,728 → $59,359 (+35.7%)	$35,147 → $67,431 (+91.9%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $212,100 (+87.9%)	$69,900 → $124,200 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,146 (+29.8%)	$790 → $980 (+24.1%)

Aransas Pass

Population

8,0888,807

Median household income

$43,728$59,359

Median home value

$112,900$212,100

Median gross rent

$883$1,146

Taft

Population

2,9452,847

Median household income

$35,147$67,431

Median home value

$69,900$124,200

Median gross rent

$790$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aransas Pass	Taft
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	27.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.5%
75 and over	9.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aransas Pass	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	44.3%	24.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	46.1%	74.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aransas Pass	Taft
No high school diploma	11.4%	22.1%
High school graduate	44.7%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aransas Pass	Taft
Drove alone	76.6%	83.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.7%
Other means	5.5%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aransas Pass	Taft
1-unit, detached	58.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Aransas Pass	Taft
Poverty rate	16.2%	23.4%
Average household size	2.46	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1990	1962