The median home value in Taft, CA is $209,082 as of 2026-06-30, down 3.82% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$209,082
Year-over-Year
-3.82%
Population
6,801
Taft ranks #396 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 72.7% below the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Kern County, where the county-wide median is $366,238.
Taft police recorded a violent crime rate of 470 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,706 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Taft is $209,082. That's down 3.82% from a year earlier. That is about 72.7% below the typical county in California.
Homes in Taft are cheaper than Kern County as a whole, where the median is $366,238 — a difference of about 42.9%.
Taft police reported 470 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,801. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.