St. Paul vs Taft

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

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

Taft has the higher population (2,847 vs 1,165 in St. Paul). Taft has the higher median home value ($124,200 vs $61,400 in St. Paul). Since 2019, St. Paul's population has grown faster (+20.6% vs -3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	St. Paul	Taft
Population	1,165	2,847
Median age	34.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,431
Median home value	$61,400	$124,200
Median gross rent	—	$980
Housing units	453	1,131
Homeownership rate	51.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Paul	Taft
Population	966 → 1,165 (+20.6%)	2,945 → 2,847 (-3.3%)
Median household income	—	$35,147 → $67,431 (+91.9%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $61,400 (+5.1%)	$69,900 → $124,200 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$790 → $980 (+24.1%)

St. Paul

Population

9661,165

Median home value

$58,400$61,400

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)

	St. Paul	Taft
Under 5	10.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	27.3%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	21.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	2.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	20.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.5%
75 and over	3.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Paul	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	24.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	74.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Paul	Taft
No high school diploma	13.1%	22.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	48.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Paul	Taft
Drove alone	100.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Paul	Taft
1-unit, detached	35.5%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	64.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	St. Paul	Taft
Poverty rate	17.6%	23.4%
Average household size	3.40	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1971	1962