Mathis vs Taft Southwest

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

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

Mathis has the higher population (4,322 vs 1,399 in Taft Southwest). Taft Southwest has the higher median household income ($50,769 vs $31,090 in Mathis). Taft Southwest has the higher median home value ($92,900 vs $74,600 in Mathis).

Population, income & housing

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
Population	4,322	1,399
Median age	35.9 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,090	$50,769
Median home value	$74,600	$92,900
Median gross rent	$570	$1,286
Housing units	1,961	622
Homeownership rate	63.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
Population	4,826 → 4,322 (-10.4%)	982 → 1,399 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$31,818 → $31,090 (-2.3%)	$14,659 → $50,769 (+246.3%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $74,600 (+51.6%)	$43,100 → $92,900 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $570 (-15.9%)	$1,290 → $1,286 (-0.3%)

Mathis

Population

4,8264,322

Median household income

$31,818$31,090

Median home value

$49,200$74,600

Median gross rent

$678$570

Taft Southwest

Population

9821,399

Median household income

$14,659$50,769

Median home value

$43,100$92,900

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
Under 5	4.6%	12.2%
5 to 17	25.3%	24.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.4%
75 and over	9.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	80.5%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
No high school diploma	36.7%	41.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
Drove alone	81.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
1-unit, detached	76.3%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Mathis	Taft Southwest
Poverty rate	33.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.50	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1971	1960