Santa Anna vs Valera

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

Santa Anna and Valera 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 70 in Valera). Valera has the higher median household income ($85,938 vs $47,750 in Santa Anna). Santa Anna has the higher median home value ($54,500 vs $19,700 in Valera).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Anna	Valera
Population	1,257	70
Median age	35.8 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,750	$85,938
Median home value	$54,500	$19,700
Median gross rent	$763	—
Housing units	556	38
Homeownership rate	60.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Anna	Valera
Population	994 → 1,257 (+26.5%)	64 → 70 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$43,821 → $47,750 (+9.0%)	$31,719 → $85,938 (+170.9%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $54,500 (-9.8%)	$32,700 → $19,700 (-39.8%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $763 (+22.9%)	—

Santa Anna

Population

9941,257

Median household income

$43,821$47,750

Median home value

$60,400$54,500

Median gross rent

$621$763

Valera

Population

6470

Median household income

$31,719$85,938

Median home value

$32,700$19,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Anna	Valera
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	17.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	2.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	22.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	38.6%
75 and over	6.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Anna	Valera
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	57.1%
Black or African American	14.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	42.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Anna	Valera
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Anna	Valera
Drove alone	74.4%	59.6%
Carpooled	17.4%	26.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Anna	Valera
1-unit, detached	77.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Santa Anna	Valera
Poverty rate	18.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1957	1938