Santa Fe is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 12,980 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Santa Fe is the 218th largest community in Texas.
Santa Fe real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Santa Fe house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
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 7.60% 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.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Santa Fe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Santa Fe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The citizens of Santa Fe are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.91% of adults in Santa Fe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Santa Fe in 2022 was $40,603, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,412 for a family of four. However, Santa Fe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Santa Fe is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Fe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Fe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. 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 18.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Fe include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Santa Fe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.