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Taft Heights, California: commercial real estate data.
Taft Heights is a Census CDP of 1,291 people across 0.30 square miles of land, in Kern County. Median household income is $54,034, 51.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Taft Heights
What Taft Heights is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.3 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,363 plus or minus 1,372
- County holding the largest share of its areaKern County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Taft Heights
- Population1,291 plus or minus 406
- Median age31.4
- Population under 18340 plus or minus 164
- Share under 1826.3 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Population 65 and over109 plus or minus 61
- Share 65 and over8.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households547 plus or minus 129
- Family households293 plus or minus 119
- Share of households that are families53.6 percent plus or minus 17.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Taft Heights
- Median household income$54,034
- Per capita income$28,911 plus or minus $7,833
- Civilian labor force556 plus or minus 187
- Employed485 plus or minus 180
- Unemployed71 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate12.8 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Adults 25 and over856 plus or minus 224
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher69.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.5 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Taft Heights
- Housing units680 plus or minus 137
- Occupied units547 plus or minus 129
- Vacant units133 plus or minus 95
- Vacancy rate19.6 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Owner occupied283 plus or minus 98
- Renter occupied264 plus or minus 103
- Ownership rate51.7 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$193,800 plus or minus $48,261
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,066
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Single family units656 plus or minus 151
- Share single family96.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more24 plus or minus 28
- Share in buildings of two or more3.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1947
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Taft Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute470 plus or minus 180
- Commuting under 15 minutes249 plus or minus 120
- Share commuting under 15 minutes53.0 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more163 plus or minus 116
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.7 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Drove alone70.6 percent
- Carpooled27.9 percent plus or minus 22.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kern County, not Taft Heights
Kern County context, not Taft Heights figures
- Establishments in Kern County14,352
- Covered employment, Kern County347,664
- Average annual pay, Kern County$60,066
- Housing units permitted, Kern County3,244
Every figure in this section is published for Kern County as a whole and is not a measurement of Taft Heights.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Taft Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Taft Heights, California?
1,291, in 547 households. Taft Heights CDP covers 0.30 square miles of land, which is 4,363 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Taft Heights in?
Kern County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Taft Heights?
$54,034. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $193,800. Median gross rent is $1,066 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Taft Heights figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kern County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Taft Heights.
Is zoning published for Taft Heights?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.