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.Unlike some cities, Santa Fe isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Santa Fe are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Santa Fe is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Fe who work in management occupations (13.91%), office and administrative support (9.63%), and sales jobs (9.49%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.60% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Santa Fe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Santa Fe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Santa Fe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Santa Fe may be for you.In terms of college education, the citizens of Santa Fe rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.91% of adults 25 and older in Santa Fe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. 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.
