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Santa Ana, California: commercial real estate data.
Santa Ana is a Census city of 312,534 people across 27.38 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $93,999, 44.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 356 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $249.1 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Santa Ana
What Santa Ana is
- Census place typecity
- Land area27.38 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land11,416
- County holding the largest share of its areaOrange County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Ana
How many people live in Santa Ana
- Population312,534
- Median age34.7
- Population under 1871,607
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over35,609
- Share 65 and over11.4 percent
- Households81,069
- Family households64,169
- Share of households that are families79.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Ana
Income and work in Santa Ana
- Median household income$93,999
- Per capita income$30,222
- Civilian labor force166,782
- Employed158,719
- Unemployed8,063
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over207,124
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher66.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Ana
Housing in Santa Ana
- Housing units83,701
- Occupied units81,069
- Vacant units2,632
- Vacancy rate3.1 percent
- Owner occupied36,171
- Renter occupied44,898
- Ownership rate44.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$713,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,082
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.6 percent
- Single family units42,850
- Share single family51.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more36,390
- Share in buildings of two or more43.5 percent
- Mobile homes4,386
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Ana
How Santa Ana gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute140,012
- Commuting under 15 minutes21,959
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more44,835
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.0 percent
- Drove alone69.7 percent
- Carpooled14.0 percent
- Public transport2.7 percent
- Walked1.3 percent
- Worked from home9.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Ana
SBA loans in Santa Ana (7(a))
- Approvals356
- Gross approval$249,109,000
- Average approval$699,744
- Median approval$264,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,856,500
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported4,130
- Jobs per approval11.6
- Loans with a final outcome70
- Paid in full62
- Charged off8
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.8 percent
- Share to franchises4.5 percent
- Distinct lenders82
- Distinct industries by NAICS174
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Santa Ana, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Santa Ana
SBA loans in Santa Ana (504)
- Approvals273
- Gross approval$275,991,000
- Average approval$1,010,956
- Median approval$659,000
- Largest approval$5,498,000
- Jobs supported4,344
- Loans with a final outcome102
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.9 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs11
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Santa Ana, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Santa Ana
Flood risk in Santa Ana
- NFIP communityCity of Santa Ana
- NFIP community number060232
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date12/03/09
The City of Santa Ana participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 060232 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Orange County, not Santa Ana
Orange County context, not Santa Ana figures
- Establishments in Orange County106,961
- Covered employment, Orange County1,661,276
- Average annual pay, Orange County$81,403
- Housing units permitted, Orange County6,972
Every figure in this section is published for Orange County as a whole and is not a measurement of Santa Ana.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Santa Ana questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Santa Ana, California?
312,534, in 81,069 households. Santa Ana city covers 27.38 square miles of land, which is 11,416 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Santa Ana in?
Orange County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Santa Ana?
$93,999. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $713,000. Median gross rent is $2,082 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Santa Ana businesses?
356 7(a) approvals totaling $249.1 m since FY2020, across 82 lenders, median approval $264,000, plus 273 504 approvals worth $276.0 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Santa Ana, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Santa Ana borrowers get paid back?
Of the 70 loans that have reached a final outcome, 62 were paid in full and 8 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Santa Ana in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Santa Ana appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Santa Ana, city of, community 060232, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Santa Ana figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Orange County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Santa Ana.
Is zoning published for Santa Ana?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.