Being a small city, Taft does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Taft with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Taft in 2022 was $27,539, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,156 for a family of four. However, Taft contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Taft is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Taft home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Taft residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Taft also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Taft include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Taft is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
