Friendswood vs Santa Fe

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

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

Friendswood has the higher population (40,827 vs 12,828 in Santa Fe). Friendswood has the higher median household income ($125,052 vs $95,815 in Santa Fe). Friendswood has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $290,200 in Santa Fe).

Population, income & housing

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
Population	40,827	12,828
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,052	$95,815
Median home value	$399,500	$290,200
Median gross rent	$1,698	$974
Housing units	14,985	5,207
Homeownership rate	76.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
Population	39,688 → 40,827 (+2.9%)	13,274 → 12,828 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$111,478 → $125,052 (+12.2%)	$72,486 → $95,815 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$284,100 → $399,500 (+40.6%)	$184,700 → $290,200 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,698 (+22.2%)	$932 → $974 (+4.5%)

Friendswood

Population

39,68840,827

Median household income

$111,478$125,052

Median home value

$284,100$399,500

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,698

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)

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.4%
75 and over	6.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	71.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
No high school diploma	4.8%	15.1%
High school graduate	15.3%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
Drove alone	75.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	82.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Friendswood	Santa Fe
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.85	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1990	1991