Santa Fe Springs vs South San Jose Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Fe Springs and South San Jose Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Santa Fe Springs and South San Jose Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Fe Springs has the higher population (19,310 vs 17,451 in South San Jose Hills). South San Jose Hills has the higher median household income ($94,740 vs $86,857 in Santa Fe Springs). Santa Fe Springs has the higher median home value ($624,700 vs $540,400 in South San Jose Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
Population	19,310	17,451
Median age	38.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,857	$94,740
Median home value	$624,700	$540,400
Median gross rent	$1,965	$1,840
Housing units	6,159	4,222
Homeownership rate	61.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
Population	17,810 → 19,310 (+8.4%)	19,977 → 17,451 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$68,685 → $86,857 (+26.5%)	$70,218 → $94,740 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$447,400 → $624,700 (+39.6%)	$369,300 → $540,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,382 → $1,965 (+42.2%)	$1,573 → $1,840 (+17.0%)

Santa Fe Springs

Population

17,81019,310

Median household income

$68,685$86,857

Median home value

$447,400$624,700

Median gross rent

$1,382$1,965

South San Jose Hills

Population

19,97717,451

Median household income

$70,218$94,740

Median home value

$369,300$540,400

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
Under 5	6.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.3%
75 and over	7.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	2.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	75.2%	84.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
No high school diploma	20.7%	34.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
Drove alone	74.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.2%
Public transit	2.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	3.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
1-unit, detached	59.0%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	18.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Santa Fe Springs	South San Jose Hills
Poverty rate	11.1%	12.8%
Average household size	3.23	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1960	1963