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Taft, CA vs Monterey, CA

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- People living in Monterey are 0.9% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Taft
 Taft, CAMonterey, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock50.3%49.4%
 Baptist3.8%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.8%0.6%
 Catholic30.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.5%2.1%
 Lutheran0.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.9%1.9%
 Methodist0.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.2%1.7%
 Other Christian7.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.3%0.7%
 Eastern0.5%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.6%0.9%
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 Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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