Taft Heights, California
Taft Heights is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Taft Heights is located west-southwest of Taft, at an elevation of. The population was 1,999 at the 2020 census, up from 1,949 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Taft Heights is located at.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, all of it land.
History
The place was originally called Boust City in honor of E.J. Boust, an oilman who founded the town.Demographics
Taft Heights first appeared as an unincorporated place in the 1950 U.S. census; and as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.2020
The 2020 United States census reported that Taft Heights had a population of 1,999. The population density was. The racial makeup of Taft Heights was 61.9% White, 0.7% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.7% Pacific Islander, 20.0% from other races, and 14.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37.0% of the population.The whole population lived in households. There were 684 households, out of which 44.6% included children under the age of 18, 41.1% were married-couple households, 13.7% were cohabiting couple households, 23.7% had a female householder with no partner present, and 21.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 22.5% of households were one person, and 8.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.92. There were 482 families.
The age distribution was 29.7% under the age of 18, 9.5% aged 18 to 24, 30.6% aged 25 to 44, 19.7% aged 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 30.2years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males.
There were 773 housing units at an average density of, of which 684 were occupied. Of these, 48.7% were owner-occupied, and 51.3% were occupied by renters.