Santa Fe is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 61,805 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Santa Fe is the third largest community in New Mexico.

Santa Fe is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.93% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Santa Fe is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Fe who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.27%), sales jobs (12.91%), and management occupations (10.19%).

Of important note, Santa Fe is also a city of artists. Santa Fe has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Santa Fe's character.

Also of interest is that Santa Fe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Santa Fe telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.31% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another interesting thing about Santa Fe, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the benefits of Santa Fe is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.54 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Santa Fe Information and Demographics

The population of Santa Fe is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 40.03% of adults in Santa Fe have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Santa Fe in 2000 was $25,454, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,816 for a family of four.

Santa Fe is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Fe home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Santa Fe is White, followed by Native American. Santa Fe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 47.52% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Fe include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Santa Fe is English. Some people also speak Spanish.