Taft vs Taft Southwest

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

Taft and Taft Southwest 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 1,399 in Taft Southwest). Taft has the higher median household income ($67,431 vs $50,769 in Taft Southwest). Taft has the higher median home value ($124,200 vs $92,900 in Taft Southwest).

Population, income & housing

	Taft	Taft Southwest
Population	2,847	1,399
Median age	35.0 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,431	$50,769
Median home value	$124,200	$92,900
Median gross rent	$980	$1,286
Housing units	1,131	622
Homeownership rate	68.0%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taft	Taft Southwest
Population	2,945 → 2,847 (-3.3%)	982 → 1,399 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$35,147 → $67,431 (+91.9%)	$14,659 → $50,769 (+246.3%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $124,200 (+77.7%)	$43,100 → $92,900 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $980 (+24.1%)	$1,290 → $1,286 (-0.3%)

Taft

Population

2,9452,847

Median household income

$35,147$67,431

Median home value

$69,900$124,200

Median gross rent

$790$980

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)

	Taft	Taft Southwest
Under 5	6.3%	12.2%
5 to 17	27.3%	24.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.4%
75 and over	5.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taft	Taft Southwest
White (non-Hispanic)	24.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.7%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taft	Taft Southwest
No high school diploma	22.1%	41.1%
High school graduate	38.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taft	Taft Southwest
Drove alone	83.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	17.8%
Other means	5.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taft	Taft Southwest
1-unit, detached	86.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Taft	Taft Southwest
Poverty rate	23.4%	8.3%
Average household size	3.31	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1962	1960