Best PlacesSanta Anna, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Santa Anna, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Santa Anna ranks 26,854th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Santa Anna
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Santa Anna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Santa Anna ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Santa Anna ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Household income$49,538 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Santa Anna
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Santa Anna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,538, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Santa Anna's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Santa Anna
Santa Anna runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Santa Anna.
Who works in Santa Anna, and how
Work in Santa Anna centers on hospitality & food and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Santa Anna
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Santa Anna.
What the weather is like in Santa Anna, month by month
Santa Anna sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 81° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Santa Anna
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Santa Anna
Schools across Santa Anna average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- J B Stephens ElB · 50% proficient
- Coleman ElC− · 28% proficient
- Santa Anna ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bangs MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
- Coleman J HB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Bangs H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Coleman H SB · 47% proficient
- Santa Anna SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Santa Anna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Santa Anna measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Santa Anna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Santa Anna
Is Santa Anna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Santa Anna ranks 26,854th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, clean air, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Santa Anna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $92,572. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $49,538 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Santa Anna safe?
Santa Anna is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $446 per resident a year.
Compare Santa Anna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Santa Anna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Santa Anna represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Santa Anna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Santa Anna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Santa Anna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Santa Anna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Santa Anna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Santa Anna detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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