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.
One downside of living in Santa Fe is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Santa Fe, the average commute to work is 31.24 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in Santa Fe with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.57% of adults in Santa Fe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Santa Fe in 2022 was $41,479, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,916 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 21.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Fe include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Santa Fe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
