With 669 people, Santa Maria is a city in Texas. 3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. At a median age of 50.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 100% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 42%. 37.2% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Older
median age 50.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
3% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 50%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Santa Maria
What changed most since 2000
Median age26.2 → 50.6(+24.4 years)US over the same years: +3.7 years
Homes owned by their occupants68.6% → 100.0%(+31.4 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Poverty rate47.2% → 37.2%(−10.0 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Santa Maria, decade by decade
Santa Maria population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
846
$30,817
$51,189
0.4%
0.6
2010
733
$24,726
$49,055
0.0%
1.4
2020
651
$35,387
$40,240
3.6%
6.8
2024
669
–
$76,800
2.7%
0.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
