Ingleside vs Taft

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

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

Ingleside has the higher population (9,861 vs 2,847 in Taft). Ingleside has the higher median household income ($77,650 vs $67,431 in Taft). Ingleside has the higher median home value ($179,300 vs $124,200 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Ingleside	Taft
Population	9,861	2,847
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,650	$67,431
Median home value	$179,300	$124,200
Median gross rent	$1,229	$980
Housing units	4,161	1,131
Homeownership rate	64.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ingleside	Taft
Population	10,165 → 9,861 (-3.0%)	2,945 → 2,847 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$64,877 → $77,650 (+19.7%)	$35,147 → $67,431 (+91.9%)
Median home value	$145,100 → $179,300 (+23.6%)	$69,900 → $124,200 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,197 → $1,229 (+2.7%)	$790 → $980 (+24.1%)

Ingleside

Population

10,1659,861

Median household income

$64,877$77,650

Median home value

$145,100$179,300

Median gross rent

$1,197$1,229

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)

	Ingleside	Taft
Under 5	4.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	23.5%	27.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	18.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.5%
75 and over	3.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ingleside	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	24.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	74.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ingleside	Taft
No high school diploma	15.5%	22.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ingleside	Taft
Drove alone	82.3%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.7%
Other means	0.9%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ingleside	Taft
1-unit, detached	69.9%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ingleside	Taft
Poverty rate	8.4%	23.4%
Average household size	2.72	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1994	1962