Santa Fe is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 12,843 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Santa Fe is the 218th largest community in Texas.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 managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Fe who work in management occupations (15.89%), office and administrative support (10.98%), and healthcare (7.96%). A relatively large number of people in Santa Fe telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.55% 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. 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. One downside of living in Santa Fe, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.24 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of Santa Fe are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 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.
