Santa Ana vs Orange
Santa Ana and Orange on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Category by category
FHousingD+
Orange +13 pts
DSchoolsC+
Orange +20 pts
BCost of livingB
Santa Ana +1 pts
C+CommuteC+
level
B+AmenitiesB+
Orange +2 pts
D+EmploymentC
Orange +9 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$713kMedian home value$946k
$2,082Median rent$2,327
24.5 minMean commute25.8 min
$94kMedian household income$117k
0.58%Effective property tax0.63%
37th pctWithin-state proficiency75th pct
75Restaurants & cafés208
312,534Population138,266
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.