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Taft, CA vs Gilroy, CA

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- Household income in Gilroy, is 120% more than it is in Taft and is 41% above the National Average.
- Taft unemployment rate is 11.1%.
- Gilroy unemployment rate is 6.8%.
 Taft, CAGilroy, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth19.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$23,677  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$116,206$69,021
 Family Median Income$56,382  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Taft, CAGilroy, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock4.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.3%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock5.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.5%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock20.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock21.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Taft, CAGilroy, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance4.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.2%6.5%
 Community, social services0.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.6%1.2%
 Education, library7.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology1.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock5.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement10.6%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support14.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock2.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair19.5%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock10.7%13.1%
Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here over 50 years. It use to be a wonderful place to grow up with a thriving downtown and jobs were plentiful. This is no longer the case in Taft. Jobs are  More

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I've lived in Taft for over 5 years. It's a nice community and very friendly people as long as you get involved, either through school or local churches. I've met many  More

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Over 17 years ago

the city of taft is located in southern California,a small community yet just 20 minutes from a large and thriving city "bakersfield" over 300000 people .amazingly you  More

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Reviews for Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  More

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