Santa Ana

Population & Demographics

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana is home to 312,534 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 139,558 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
312,534
people
Population

312,534 residents

Median age 34.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Santa Ana population & demographics

Who lives in Santa Ana — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
312,534
Median age
34.7yrs
Median household income
$93,999
Median home value
$713,000
Median gross rent
$2,082/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
18.3%
Poverty rate
10.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Santa Ana

How Santa Ana breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino76.6%
Asian12.3%
White8.9%
Two or more races1.0%
Black0.7%
Some other race0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Santa Ana

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Santa Ana.

Santa Ana at a glance
Employed Residents
139,558
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
18.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Irvine
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Santa Ana proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Santa Ana commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

59 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Santa Ana

139,558 commutes, one dot at a time

Santa Ana

Where 139,558 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Santa Ana, by worker count.

1Santa Ana0.0 mi25,090
2Irvine6.9 mi15,642
3Anaheim6.8 mi9,425
4Orange5.1 mi7,021
5Costa Mesa5.4 mi6,777
6Los Angeles37.1 mi6,636
7Newport Beach8.4 mi5,145
8Tustin4.0 mi4,371

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Santa Ana.

1Santa Ana0.0 mi25,090
2Anaheim6.8 mi10,998
3Garden Grove5.3 mi7,561
4Irvine6.9 mi6,424
5Los Angeles37.1 mi5,814
6Orange5.1 mi5,798
7Huntington Beach7.7 mi4,652
8Tustin4.0 mi3,777

Top industries

The sectors that employ Santa Ana’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PAPublic Administration14.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services12.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance10.4%
MFManufacturing10.4%
EDEducational Services9.8%
RTRetail Trade7.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.2%
COConstruction4.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Santa Ana

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps99%
5 Gbps97%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Santa Ana

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