Bacliff vs Santa Fe

A side-by-side comparison of Bacliff and Santa Fe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Santa Fe has the higher population (12,828 vs 9,935 in Bacliff). Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($95,815 vs $54,806 in Bacliff). Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($290,200 vs $168,000 in Bacliff).

Population, income & housing

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
Population	9,935	12,828
Median age	34.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,806	$95,815
Median home value	$168,000	$290,200
Median gross rent	$1,169	$974
Housing units	3,950	5,207
Homeownership rate	61.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
Population	10,856 → 9,935 (-8.5%)	13,274 → 12,828 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$46,063 → $54,806 (+19.0%)	$72,486 → $95,815 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $168,000 (+31.1%)	$184,700 → $290,200 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,169 (+26.4%)	$932 → $974 (+4.5%)

Bacliff

Population

10,8569,935

Median household income

$46,063$54,806

Median home value

$128,100$168,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,169

Santa Fe

Population

13,27412,828

Median household income

$72,486$95,815

Median home value

$184,700$290,200

Median gross rent

$932$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	4.7%	10.4%
75 and over	2.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	71.1%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
No high school diploma	21.9%	15.1%
High school graduate	23.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
Drove alone	77.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.6%
Other means	1.5%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	66.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Bacliff	Santa Fe
Poverty rate	28.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1990	1991