Santa Fe Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 20,174 people and four associated neighborhoods, Santa Fe Springs is the 326th largest community in California.
Housing costs in Santa Fe Springs are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.
Also of interest is that Santa Fe Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
In Santa Fe Springs, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.89 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The population of Santa Fe Springs overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Santa Fe Springs, 23.36% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Santa Fe Springs in 2022 was $37,379, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,516 for a family of four. However, Santa Fe Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Santa Fe Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Fe Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Santa Fe Springs, accounting for 75.17% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Santa Fe Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Santa Fe Springs include German, European, Irish, Italian, and English.
In addition, Santa Fe Springs has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.63%).
The most common language spoken in Santa Fe Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.