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Santa Anita Park Santa Ana, CA

A park-like neighborhood minutes from the beach

Upscale Great Location Commuter

Santa Anita Park is an upscale neighborhood located about 10 minutes from Downtown Santa Ana. Similar to other SoCal communities, Santa Anita Park has lavish apartments and houses available for rent. Santa Anita Park is nestled along Santa Ana Drive, giving residents access to a variety of grocery stores, restaurants, and other businesses. Enjoy several neighborhood parks including Mile Square Regional Park, a local favorite with excellent sports facilities and an archery range. Although Santa Anita Park is great for every renter, there are many family-friendly activities close to the neighborhood as well. Disneyland is only 15 minutes away while several scenic beaches like Huntington Beach and Newport Beach are only 30 minutes away. If you’re looking for a suburban community will all the perks of living in a laid-back SoCal city, Santa Anita Park is ideal.

Rent Trends

As of July 2026, the average apartment rent in Santa Anita Park is $2,257 for a studio, $2,465 for one bedroom, $2,755 for two bedrooms, and $3,748 for three bedrooms. Apartment rent in Santa Anita Park has increased by 0.6% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 529 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,257/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 715 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,465/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 940 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,755/month

    Average Rent

  • 3 BR

  • 1,238 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $3,748/month

    Average Rent

Learn More About Santa Anita Park

Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

60 / 100

Limited Public Transit

Transit

30 / 100

Very Drivable

Drivability

80 / 100

Very Bikeable

Bikeability

80 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 5 Minute Walk

Groceries

90 / 100

Great Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

80 / 100

Good Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

70 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

70 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

70 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

40 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

20 / 100

Fair Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

50 / 100

Not Noisy

Quiet Score

90 / 100

Reviews of Santa Anita Park - Santa Ana, CA

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3.1 26 Reviews

Niche User

10 years and 5 months agoNiche Review

There is so much gang activity in this neighborhood. Mostly on Jackson Street. You see the police riding up and down the streets , but I still get a sense of being unsafe. Once you go on Bewley Street, it turns into a prostitute sale out. While I go to bed at night, I can hear cars pull in my drive way to turn back to them.

Niche User

11 years and 3 months agoNiche Review

There arent many of them around

Niche User

11 years and 4 months agoNiche Review

Everything you'd need is generally provided, although there isn't much variety to choose from.

Niche User

11 years and 4 months agoNiche Review

There are a lot of taco trucks where I live so it's convenient for a late night snack.

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Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Tessman Planetarium
  • Old Orange County Courthouse
  • Mile Square Regional Park
  • Science Discovery Museum
  • Santa Ana Zoo

Airports

  • John Wayne/Orange County
  • Long Beach (Daugherty Field)

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.