San Leon vs Santa Fe

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

San Leon 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 5,764 in San Leon). Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($95,815 vs $76,573 in San Leon). Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($290,200 vs $166,700 in San Leon).

Population, income & housing

	San Leon	Santa Fe
Population	5,764	12,828
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,573	$95,815
Median home value	$166,700	$290,200
Median gross rent	$1,152	$974
Housing units	2,846	5,207
Homeownership rate	82.2%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Leon	Santa Fe
Population	5,336 → 5,764 (+8.0%)	13,274 → 12,828 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$39,542 → $76,573 (+93.6%)	$72,486 → $95,815 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$130,300 → $166,700 (+27.9%)	$184,700 → $290,200 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,152 (+36.2%)	$932 → $974 (+4.5%)

San Leon

Population

5,3365,764

Median household income

$39,542$76,573

Median home value

$130,300$166,700

Median gross rent

$846$1,152

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)

	San Leon	Santa Fe
Under 5	1.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	19.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.4%
75 and over	2.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Leon	Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	48.2%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Leon	Santa Fe
No high school diploma	29.3%	15.1%
High school graduate	28.8%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Leon	Santa Fe
Drove alone	67.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	20.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.6%
Other means	2.5%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Leon	Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	61.3%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	San Leon	Santa Fe
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1996	1991