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Santa Ana, CA

316,188 Population
27.4 square miles 11,549.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$30,508 ±$1,415 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $48,297 ±$412
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$95,118 ±$10,206 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $96,405 ±$980
  • a little less than the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

12.5% ±2.1% (39,090  ±6,664) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.4% 1,577,387 (±0.3% / ±37,640)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

25.2 minutes ±1.1 (3,686,230  ±208,148) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.7 167,900,750 (±0.2 / ±1,472,822)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)

Families

84,625 ±2,711 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,583,939 ±11,287
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
3.7 ±0.1 (313,405  ±218) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,669,142 (±0 / ±1,609)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

3.9% ±1.3% (3,014  ±1,022) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.9% 124,721 (±0.2% / ±6,786)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

87,405 ±3,037 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,870,148 ±946
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$772,600 ±$30,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $908,500 ±$4,270
  • about the same as the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

8.7% ±2% (27,319  ±6,184.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,185,489 (±0.2% / ±29,446.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

67.4% ±3% (141,823  ±6,993.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.8% 7,605,430 (±0.5% / ±46,909.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
18.7% ±1.8% (39,407  ±3,873.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39% 3,584,880 (±0.3% / ±31,412.7)
  • about half the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

41.8% ±2.1% (132,306  ±6,491) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.4% 4,318,347
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

1.5% ±0.4% (3,494  ±971) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.7% 282,350 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
3,494 Total veterans ±971 3,151 Male ±908 343 Female ±274

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