Galveston vs Santa Fe

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

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

Galveston has the higher population (53,348 vs 12,828 in Santa Fe). Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($95,815 vs $57,216 in Galveston). Galveston has the higher median home value ($294,300 vs $290,200 in Santa Fe).

Population, income & housing

	Galveston	Santa Fe
Population	53,348	12,828
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,216	$95,815
Median home value	$294,300	$290,200
Median gross rent	$1,278	$974
Housing units	34,921	5,207
Homeownership rate	46.7%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galveston	Santa Fe
Population	50,241 → 53,348 (+6.2%)	13,274 → 12,828 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$49,319 → $57,216 (+16.0%)	$72,486 → $95,815 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $294,300 (+61.0%)	$184,700 → $290,200 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,278 (+29.0%)	$932 → $974 (+4.5%)

Galveston

Population

50,24153,348

Median household income

$49,319$57,216

Median home value

$182,800$294,300

Median gross rent

$991$1,278

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)

	Galveston	Santa Fe
Under 5	4.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.4%
75 and over	7.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galveston	Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	71.1%
Black or African American	14.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galveston	Santa Fe
No high school diploma	12.4%	15.1%
High school graduate	23.9%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galveston	Santa Fe
Drove alone	69.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	5.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	7.6%
Other means	2.5%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galveston	Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	56.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	15.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Galveston	Santa Fe
Poverty rate	19.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1973	1991