Taft is a very small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,402 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Taft is the 427th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Taft is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Taft is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Taft who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.10%), food service (8.29%), and teaching (8.13%).

Because of many things, Taft is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Taft really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Taft perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One of the nice things about Taft is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Taft is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Taft Information and Demographics

The citizens of Taft have a very low rate of college education: just 9.10% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Taft in 2000 was $11,573, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $46,292 for a family of four.

Taft is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Taft home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Taft is White, followed by 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 67.11% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Taft include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Taft is English. Some people also speak Spanish.