Santa Fe Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 18,439 people and four associated neighborhoods, Santa Fe Springs is the 326th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Santa Fe Springs are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Santa Fe Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.01% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Santa Fe Springs is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Santa Fe Springs, the average commute to work is 31.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The education level of Santa Fe Springs citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.03% of adults in Santa Fe Springs have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Santa Fe Springs in 2018 was $30,849, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,396 for a family of four. However, Santa Fe Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Santa Fe Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Fe Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Santa Fe Springs, accounting for 73.04% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Santa Fe Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Santa Fe Springs include German, European, Irish, Italian, and Belizean.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Santa Fe Springs's cultural character, accounting for 24.51% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Santa Fe Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.