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Taft, CA vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Household income in Tucson, is 9% less than it is in Taft and is 44% below the National Average.
- Taft unemployment rate is 11.1%.
- Tucson unemployment rate is 7.4%.

Economy
 Taft, CATucson, AZUnited States
 Unemployment Rate11.1%7.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.2%2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth19.6%33.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.3%8.7%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%3.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$23,677$26,373$37,638
 Household Income$52,917$48,058$69,021
 Family Median Income$56,382$61,114$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Taft, CATucson, AZUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K18.6%13.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.3%5.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.1%11.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.9%11.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.8%9.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.5%8.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K13.4%9.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.1%12.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K7.9%11.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.2%3.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.1%2.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Taft, CATucson, AZUnited States
 Management, business, finance4.6%11.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science0.4%6.4%6.5%
 Community, social services0.9%1.9%1.8%
 Legal0.0%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library7.8%7.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.9%2.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology1.9%5.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.5%4.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement10.6%2.7%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving1.5%7.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.0%4.8%3.6%
 Personal care10.2%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support14.2%22.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry5.5%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair19.5%8.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving14.7%10.2%13.1%

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Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 5 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 16 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 Tucson    286 Reviews

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Almost eight years and this place still hasn't grown on me. Or my spouse. The summers are oppressive, and the winters (thanks, climate change!) are now wet even though  More

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ZIPS IN TAFT, CALIFORNIA
93268 93252
ZIPS IN TUCSON, ARIZONA
85710, 85706, 85705, 85719, 85713, 85756, 85711, 85730, 85745, 85712, 21 total

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