Novice vs Santa Anna

A side-by-side comparison of Novice and Santa Anna: population, income, housing, and more.

Novice and Santa Anna are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Anna has the higher population (1,257 vs 121 in Novice). Since 2019, Santa Anna's population has grown faster (+26.5% vs +10.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Novice	Santa Anna
Population	121	1,257
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,750
Median home value	—	$54,500
Median gross rent	—	$763
Housing units	37	556
Homeownership rate	82.1%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Novice	Santa Anna
Population	110 → 121 (+10.0%)	994 → 1,257 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$18,906 → $19,643 (+3.9%)	$43,821 → $47,750 (+9.0%)
Median home value	—	$60,400 → $54,500 (-9.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$621 → $763 (+22.9%)

Novice

Population

110121

Median household income

$18,906$19,643

Santa Anna

Population

9941,257

Median household income

$43,821$47,750

Median home value

$60,400$54,500

Median gross rent

$621$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Novice	Santa Anna
Under 5	15.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	3.3%	27.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	19.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	20.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	0.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	26.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	4.1%	9.1%
75 and over	1.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Novice	Santa Anna
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	64.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Novice	Santa Anna
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	51.7%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Novice	Santa Anna
Drove alone	42.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	22.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	5.5%
Other means	14.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Novice	Santa Anna
1-unit, detached	94.6%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Novice	Santa Anna
Poverty rate	13.9%	18.8%
Average household size	4.32	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	43	20
Median year structure built	1946	1957