Housing density: 682 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $1,291,802.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,712 (lower quartile is $1,166, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,051
Median gross rent in Santa Fe Springs, CA in 2022: $1,839
Housing units in Santa Fe Springs with a mortgage: 2,411 (138 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 119 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 24
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $125,112
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $72,773
Median monthly housing costs: $1,955
Compare current foreclosures near Santa Fe Springs, CA:
2,355 married couples with children.
775 single-parent households (86 men, 689 women).
46.4% of residents of Santa Fe Springs speak English at home.
45.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (99% speak English very well, 1% speak English well).
7.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 4,490 (24.4%)
(68.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 80.6% Number of people working at home: 1,295 (15.5% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 33
5 to 9 minutes: 494
10 to 14 minutes: 665
15 to 19 minutes: 780
20 to 24 minutes: 1,025
25 to 29 minutes: 649
30 to 34 minutes: 1,380
35 to 39 minutes: 141
40 to 44 minutes: 399
45 to 59 minutes: 683
60 to 89 minutes: 623
90 or more minutes: 175
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 38,474 (77.3%)
Carpooled: 6,643 (13.3%)
Bus: 717 (1.4%)
Subway or elevated rail: 33 (0.1%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 23 (0.0%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 61 (0.1%)
Taxi: 499 (1.0%)
Bicycle: 157 (0.3%)
Walked: 223 (0.4%)
Worked at home: 1,295 (2.6%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.4%Males
1.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
30.3%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
8.2%Males
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.5%Males
1.3%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
3.9%Males
2.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.5%Males
1.3%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Santa Fe Springs, California
5322010 or later
6882000 to 2009
6261990 to 1999
1,4001980 to 1989
1,2581970 to 1979
991Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 1,407 (11.3%)
German: 181 (1.5%)
South African: 55 (0.4%)
Irish: 46 (0.4%)
African: 42 (0.3%)
English: 39 (0.3%)
European: 28 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 23 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.2%)
Italian: 17 (0.1%)
Jamaican: 10 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.07%)
Dutch: 8 (0.06%)
Iranian: 8 (0.06%)
Welsh: 6 (0.05%)
Israeli: 5 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Santa Fe Springs:
50.3% (2,257)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Korea
Santa Fe Springs:
7.7% (345)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
El Salvador
Santa Fe Springs:
7.1% (320)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Philippines
Santa Fe Springs:
6.6% (295)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Cuba
Santa Fe Springs:
4.9% (219)
California:
0.3% (30,441)
Nicaragua
Santa Fe Springs:
3.1% (137)
California:
0.6% (58,161)
Guatemala
Santa Fe Springs:
3.0% (136)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Germany
Santa Fe Springs:
1.8% (80)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Ecuador
Santa Fe Springs:
1.7% (77)
California:
0.2% (21,276)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Santa Fe Springs:
1.7% (75)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Cambodia
Santa Fe Springs:
1.6% (72)
California:
0.5% (51,974)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 12,723
Other state: 1,079
Northeast: 187
Midwest: 156
South: 409
West: 314
94.0% of Santa Fe Springs residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 44.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 86.7% lived in California.
Santa Fe Springs:
94.0%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 239
Nursery to 4th grade: 24
5th and 6th grade: 195
7th and 8th grade: 28
9th grade: 48
10th grade: 24
11th grade: 147
12th grade, no diploma: 463
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,766
Less than 1 year of college: 379
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 954
Associate degree: 610
Bachelor's degree: 953
Master's degree: 255
Professional school degree: 54
Doctorate degree: 0
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 476
Nursery to 4th grade: 142
5th and 6th grade: 155
7th and 8th grade: 78
9th grade: 50
10th grade: 53
11th grade: 127
12th grade, no diploma: 220
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,566
Less than 1 year of college: 308
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,091
Associate degree: 716
Bachelor's degree: 1,169
Master's degree: 384
Professional school degree: 42
Doctorate degree: 44
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,707
One, attached: 441
Two: 19
3 or 4: 130
5 to 9: 250
10 to 19: 238
20 to 49: 154
50 or more: 906
Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,635
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.0%
House/condo owner moved in on average 16 years ago