City safety & data profile

Santa AnaCA

Santa Ana, CA is a 310K-resident city in Orange County with a median household income of $93,999.

Orange County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Santa Ana, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Santa Ana has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $713,000, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

310K
Population (place)
Top 1%
By size
$93,999
Median income (place)
$713,000
Median home (place)
10.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Santa Ana

Santa Ana posts a median household income higher than 64% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Santa Ana area.

Top 36%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Santa Ana

Where Santa Ana income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$93,999 Top 36% higher than 64% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Santa Ana $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Santa Ana, CA beyond the headline numbers

Santa Ana sits inside Orange County, California, at roughly 33.75°N, -117.87°W. Population 310,227, $93,999 median household income. Median home value $713,000, median rent $2,082. Poverty rate 10.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Santa Ana, 1.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

At 10.8%, poverty in Santa Ana, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Santa Ana costs around 7.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 9.3% of Santa Ana workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 20.7% in Santa Ana, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.7% of Santa Ana workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Santa Ana's median age is 34.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Santa Ana from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
310,227
Santa Ana · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$93,999
+5% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$713,000
+72% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Orange County): Santa Ana's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
3.2M+4%
Median Income
$116,289+54%
Median Home Value
$962,600+85%
Poverty Rate
9.5%-23%
Unemployment
5.4%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Santa Ana, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,082/mo
Poverty Rate
10.8% -13% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 18.3%
Work From Home 9.3%
Public Transit 2.7%

Population

White 16.7%
African American 0.8%
Asian 12.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.3%
Physical Inactivity
33.3%
Obesity
29%
High Blood Pressure
27.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
20.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.7%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.3%
Diabetes
13%
Current Smoking
11.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.1%
Annual Checkup 68.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.2%
Stroke
2.9%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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1
Average Rating
1.5/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
ORANGE COUNTY GLOBAL MEDICAL CENTER
SANTA ANA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆
COASTAL COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL
SANTA ANA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Santa Ana?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Santa Ana right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-SANTA-ANA · Santa Ana

Santa Ana: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Santa Ana; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Santa Ana, CA? ▼
Santa Ana, CA has a population of 310,227 people, located in Orange County, California.
What is the median household income in Santa Ana? ▼
The median household income in Santa Ana, CA is $93,999 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.8%.
What is the median home value in Santa Ana? ▼
The median home value in Santa Ana, CA is $713,000. Median rent is $2,082/month.
What are the top health concerns in Santa Ana? ▼
The top health indicators in Santa Ana include Short Sleep Duration (38.3%), Physical Inactivity (33.3%), Obesity (29%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Santa Ana? ▼
Santa Ana has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 1.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Santa Ana? ▼
The median age in Santa Ana, CA is 34.7 years. 18.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Santa Ana, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (10.8% here).

Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% Kent, WA 10.8% Burnsville, MN 10.8% Casper, WY 10.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($93,999 here).

Hastings, MN $93,998 Merritt Island, FL $94,012 Brown Deer, WI $93,974 Rocky River, OH $94,026

Compare Santa Ana with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Tustin, CA 81K Orange, CA 141K Tustin Legacy, CA 21K North Tustin, CA 25K Garden Grove, CA 175K Westpark, CA 23K Irvine, CA 257K Fountain Valley, CA 57K
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Using Santa Ana's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Santa Ana area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Santa Ana against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Orange County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.