Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Santa Fe is worth considering.
In Santa Fe, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.24 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Santa Fe rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.57% 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 $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.
