Housing density: 1,344 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $798,851.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,847 (lower quartile is $1,472, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $11,766
Median gross rent in Santee, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Santee with a mortgage: 10,830 (868 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 671 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 189
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $134,115
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $73,290
9,936 married couples with children.
2,255 single-parent households (609 men, 1,646 women).
81.2% of residents of Santee speak English at home.
8.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 7,116 (12.0%)
(64.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.3% Number of people working at home: 4,192 (14.9% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 275
5 to 9 minutes: 1,745
10 to 14 minutes: 2,538
15 to 19 minutes: 2,502
20 to 24 minutes: 3,705
25 to 29 minutes: 2,554
30 to 34 minutes: 4,949
35 to 39 minutes: 878
40 to 44 minutes: 1,234
45 to 59 minutes: 1,698
60 to 89 minutes: 942
90 or more minutes: 702
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 12,959 (66.9%)
Carpooled: 1,419 (7.3%)
Bus: 175 (0.9%)
Subway or elevated rail: 14 (0.1%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 134 (0.7%)
Taxi: 280 (1.4%)
Bicycle: 50 (0.3%)
Walked: 288 (1.5%)
Worked at home: 4,192 (21.6%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.6%Males
2.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
3.7%Males
4.5%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
12.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.8%Males
4.5%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
5.6%Males
9.8%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
4.5%Males
14.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
5.6%Males
8.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Santee, California
2,3652010 or later
1,1442000 to 2009
1,3821990 to 1999
7941980 to 1989
7261970 to 1979
1,190Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 2,679 (9.6%)
American: 2,079 (7.4%)
German: 2,067 (7.4%)
Irish: 1,701 (6.1%)
Italian: 1,288 (4.6%)
European: 1,145 (4.1%)
Polish: 651 (2.3%)
Norwegian: 476 (1.7%)
Scottish: 467 (1.7%)
Lebanese: 426 (1.5%)
Syrian: 424 (1.5%)
Iraqi: 336 (1.2%)
Albanian: 305 (1.1%)
French: 256 (0.9%)
Eastern European: 232 (0.8%)
Dutch: 172 (0.6%)
Swedish: 167 (0.6%)
British: 152 (0.5%)
Scandinavian: 149 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 130 (0.5%)
Russian: 124 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 119 (0.4%)
Canadian: 108 (0.4%)
Greek: 104 (0.4%)
Danish: 98 (0.3%)
Palestinian: 98 (0.3%)
Austrian: 92 (0.3%)
Northern European: 60 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 60 (0.2%)
Assyrian: 57 (0.2%)
South African: 57 (0.2%)
Croatian: 54 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 51 (0.2%)
Afghan: 49 (0.2%)
Iranian: 44 (0.2%)
Czechoslovakian: 42 (0.1%)
Czech: 42 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 36 (0.1%)
Zimbabwean: 31 (0.1%)
Slovak: 22 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.07%)
Welsh: 17 (0.06%)
African: 15 (0.05%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.05%)
Arab: 13 (0.05%)
Basque: 10 (0.04%)
Romanian: 10 (0.04%)
Armenian: 9 (0.03%)
Finnish: 9 (0.03%)
Slovene: 4 (0.01%)
Ugandan: 4 (0.01%)
Belizean: 4 (0.01%)
Maltese: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Santee:
20.3% (1,444)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Iraq
Santee:
11.0% (786)
California:
0.4% (40,941)
Philippines
Santee:
9.5% (674)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Vietnam
Santee:
7.9% (565)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Syria
Santee:
5.0% (354)
California:
0.3% (30,949)
Canada
Santee:
3.5% (250)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Lebanon
Santee:
3.2% (227)
California:
0.3% (31,757)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Santee:
3.1% (223)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Other Eastern Europe
Santee:
2.5% (179)
California:
0.2% (17,699)
South Africa
Santee:
2.5% (177)
California:
0.2% (20,614)
Jordan
Santee:
2.3% (167)
California:
0.2% (16,384)
Japan
Santee:
2.3% (166)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Hong Kong
Santee:
1.9% (132)
California:
1.0% (105,215)
France
Santee:
1.7% (122)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Santee:
1.5% (109)
California:
0.1% (9,241)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 36,220
Other state: 15,131
Northeast: 3,764
Midwest: 5,164
South: 2,834
West: 3,300
89.4% of Santee residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 45.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 64.0% lived in California.
Santee:
89.4%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 255
Nursery to 4th grade: 30
5th and 6th grade: 43
7th and 8th grade: 32
9th grade: 29
10th grade: 207
11th grade: 229
12th grade, no diploma: 467
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,508
Less than 1 year of college: 1,388
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,314
Associate degree: 2,011
Bachelor's degree: 4,350
Master's degree: 1,462
Professional school degree: 346
Doctorate degree: 226
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 431
Nursery to 4th grade: 65
5th and 6th grade: 23
7th and 8th grade: 65
9th grade: 86
10th grade: 170
11th grade: 273
12th grade, no diploma: 368
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,635
Less than 1 year of college: 1,874
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,784
Associate degree: 2,404
Bachelor's degree: 5,079
Master's degree: 1,882
Professional school degree: 336
Doctorate degree: 234
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 12,364
One, attached: 2,520
Two: 54
3 or 4: 904
5 to 9: 1,134
10 to 19: 403
20 to 49: 710
50 or more: 1,227
Mobile homes: 2,266
Median worth of mobile homes: $201,593
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.7%
House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago