A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Huron$1,420/mo

Typical home $249K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $1,054/mo · Housing →

South Taft$1,080/mo

Typical home $185K (Census) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $955/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Huron and South Taft.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

South Taft places higher on 13 of 19 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−HuronSafer than 22% of U.S. towns –South TaftNot graded

Schools

CHuronBetter than 31% of districts in the state C+South TaftBetter than 36% of districts in the state

Health

D−HuronHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns C−South TaftHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

6Huron

13South Taft

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #385#88 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #411#758 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #420#762 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #599#376 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #552#701 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #839#722 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #835#728 Lowest obesityHealth · 844 towns #838#749

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Huron’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

HuronSouth Taft

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 41°F

July high101°F 99°F

Growing season (days)292d 330d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)82nd 83rd

Outdoors & history

HuronSouth Taft

Trails2 mi 3 mi

Conserved land2%0.7%

Settled1888 —

Archive photos—1

Community

HuronSouth Taft

Library hours a week33 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

82 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HuronCA South TaftCA

Huron ↔ South Taft82 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

HuronSouth Taft

People

Population 6,519Highest 2,939Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.1%Lowest CA: +6.1% -3.2%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 26.8±4.8Highest 29% below CA 26.1±2.8Lowest 31% below CA

Huron and South Taft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 36.2%±6.7Highest CA: 22% 30.6%±7.2Lowest CA: 22%

Huron and South Taft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 4.5%±2.7Highest CA: 15.7% 4.1%±2Lowest CA: 15.7%

Huron and South Taft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 2.8%Lowest CA: 37.1% 7.7%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±2.8Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.5%±6.4Highest CA: 7.6%

South Taft and Huron are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,500±$24kHighest 47% below CA $43,039±$22kLowest 57% below CA

Huron and South Taft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $251,700±$90kHighest 66% below CA $184,600±$73kLowest 75% below CA

Huron and South Taft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,054±$236Highest 48% below CA $955±$113Lowest 53% below CA

Huron and South Taft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,392Highest 73% below CA $1,305Lowest 75% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41%±10.9Lowest CA: 55.3% 68.5%±22.1Highest CA: 55.3%

South Taft and Huron are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 30.4%Lowest CA: 12% 35%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 24.6%Lowest CA: 55.9% 39.8%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 12 yrs newer than CA 1954Lowest 22 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minLowest 3% below CA 37 minHighest 29% above CA

Work from home 5.3%±4.4Highest CA: 17.2% 4.8%±5.2Lowest CA: 17.2%

Huron and South Taft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.4%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 54.8 miHighest 29.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.29Highest 0.28Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fresno (7%)Taft (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in South TaftFew work in Huron

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.7 miLowest 3.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 2.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 59.4Lowest 67.1Highest

Schools

School district Coalinga-Huron UnifiedTaft City

High school in town Chesnut High (Continuation)None in town

Students per teacherat that high school 10.0 —

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Huron vs South Taft

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Huron

South Taft places higher on 13 of 19 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

82 miles apart

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