Hitchcock vs Santa Fe

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

Hitchcock 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 7,480 in Hitchcock). Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($95,815 vs $77,713 in Hitchcock). Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($290,200 vs $159,500 in Hitchcock).

Population, income & housing

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
Population	7,480	12,828
Median age	36.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,713	$95,815
Median home value	$159,500	$290,200
Median gross rent	$1,370	$974
Housing units	3,040	5,207
Homeownership rate	74.2%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
Population	7,800 → 7,480 (-4.1%)	13,274 → 12,828 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$57,829 → $77,713 (+34.4%)	$72,486 → $95,815 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $159,500 (+39.9%)	$184,700 → $290,200 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,370 (+57.5%)	$932 → $974 (+4.5%)

Hitchcock

Population

7,8007,480

Median household income

$57,829$77,713

Median home value

$114,000$159,500

Median gross rent

$870$1,370

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)

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
Under 5	7.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.4%
75 and over	4.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	40.3%	71.1%
Black or African American	27.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
No high school diploma	11.6%	15.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
Drove alone	86.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.6%
Other means	1.7%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	76.3%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Hitchcock	Santa Fe
Poverty rate	17.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1983	1991