Anaheim vs Santa Ana

A side-by-side comparison of Anaheim and Santa Ana: population, income, housing, and more.

Anaheim and Santa Ana are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anaheim has the higher population (344,553 vs 311,639 in Santa Ana). Anaheim has the higher median household income ($90,583 vs $88,354 in Santa Ana). Anaheim has the higher median home value ($771,700 vs $657,800 in Santa Ana).

Population, income & housing

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
Population	344,553	311,639
Median age	35.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,583	$88,354
Median home value	$771,700	$657,800
Median gross rent	$2,082	$1,975
Housing units	110,278	82,352
Homeownership rate	45.9%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
Population	349,964 → 344,553 (-1.5%)	332,794 → 311,639 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$71,763 → $90,583 (+26.2%)	$66,145 → $88,354 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$575,600 → $771,700 (+34.1%)	$491,300 → $657,800 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $2,082 (+26.1%)	$1,563 → $1,975 (+26.4%)

Anaheim

Population

349,964344,553

Median household income

$71,763$90,583

Median home value

$575,600$771,700

Median gross rent

$1,651$2,082

Santa Ana

Population

332,794311,639

Median household income

$66,145$88,354

Median home value

$491,300$657,800

Median gross rent

$1,563$1,975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
Under 5	5.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.8%
75 and over	5.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	8.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	18.4%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	77.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
No high school diploma	22.5%	33.9%
High school graduate	21.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
Drove alone	74.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	13.7%
Public transit	1.9%	3.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
1-unit, detached	40.3%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	14.7%
20 or more units	23.3%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Anaheim	Santa Ana
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.1%
Average household size	3.20	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1973	1968