Barangay Santa Cruz

Situated in City of Gapan, Nueva Ecija, Barangay Santa Cruz is one of 23 barangays that make up the city within Central Luzon.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santa Cruz had a population of 3,680. This made it the 13th largest of 23 barangays in City of Gapan by population, placing it in the middle tier of the city. Residents of Barangay Santa Cruz accounted for approximately 2.99% of the total population of City of Gapan, which stood at 122,968 in the same census year.

Census comparisons between 2015 and 2020 show Barangay Santa Cruz moving from 3,797 residents to 3,680 residents, an intercensal change of -3.1%. The trajectory indicates a contracting community. Barangay Santa Cruz is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Gapan is a city comprising 23 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Santa Cruz, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Nueva Ecija, which contains 849 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Santa Cruz ranks 194th by 2020 population. Nueva Ecija is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay Santa Cruz is governed by an elected Sangguniang Barangay composed of a Punong Barangay and seven kagawads, with the Sangguniang Kabataan representing the youth. The next BSKE, set for Monday, November 2, 2026, will elect officials to four-year terms as provided under Republic Act No. 12232.