Taft Heights, CA: ZIP codes, distance and what to know

ZIP code in Taft Heights

ZIP code in Taft Heights: 93268.

Distances are straight-line from Orcutt to the center of each ZIP code area. Residents, median year built and owner-occupied share are U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2018-2022 estimates for the ZIP code area. ZIP codes in Taft Heights: those whose USPS city name is Taft Heights (GeoNames) plus those whose area overlaps Taft Heights (U.S. Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file); a ZIP code can belong to more than one city. Listing a ZIP code here does not mean service to every address in it.

About Taft Heights

Taft Heights is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Kern County. The area of Taft Heights is about 0.3 square miles; its population is about 1,638, or 5,460 per square mile. Phone numbers in Taft Heights use area code 661. Bakersfield, a city of about 417,468, is the closest larger city: about 29 miles northeast of Taft Heights.

From Orcutt to Taft Heights

Measured in a straight line, Taft Heights is about 57 miles east of Orcutt. Road distance is longer, and it is one of the farther places on this site's list. Taft Heights belongs to Kern County, while Orcutt is in Santa Barbara County. Of the 33 places on this site's list, Taft Heights ranks 28th in distance from Orcutt. Orcutt uses area code 805 and Taft Heights uses 661. The places on this site's list closest to Orcutt are Santa Maria, Sisquoc, Guadalupe, and Vandenberg Village.

Census Bureau ACS 2018-2022 estimates and USGS elevation.

Housing in Taft Heights

Taft Heights has about 713 housing units, according to the Census Bureau. Half the homes date from 1944 or earlier; 86% were built before 1980. Single-family detached houses make up 89% of Taft Heights's homes. About 54 in 100 occupied homes in Taft Heights are lived in by their owners. Where many homes are older, original springs, cables and openers are more likely to be near the end of their service life.

Housing figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2018-2022 5-year estimates for Taft Heights.

Around Taft Heights

Places close to Taft Heights with a page on this site:

• South Taft 1 mi
• Ford City 2 mi
• Taft 3 mi
• Maricopa 7 mi
• New Cuyama 18 mi
• Mission Canyon 49 mi
• Los Olivos 49 mi
• Toro Canyon 49 mi
• Ballard 50 mi

On the map near Taft Heights

Nearby places on the map include South Taft, Ford City, Taft, Fellows, Valley Acres, and Dustin Acres.

Museums and attractions in and around Taft Heights: West Kern Oil Museum.

Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors (neighborhoods, parks, museums), National Center for Education Statistics (public schools), CMS (hospitals). See also the Taft Heights city guide.

Elevation and setting

The center of Taft Heights is about 1,180 feet above sea level (USGS elevation data). Orcutt is at about 454 feet, which puts Taft Heights about 750 feet higher.

About the repairs we do

These pages describe the repairs we do: emergency repair, off-track doors, new garage doors, snapped cables, and opener repair. See the pricing page for starting prices. Whether we can reach your address is confirmed on the phone.

If you live in Taft Heights and want to know whether we can service your garage door, call dispatch with the address; nothing on this page is a promise of service at a given address.

The Taft Heights page of our website has its own pages and starting prices: visit the Taft Heights page.