Encinitas vs Santee

A side-by-side comparison of Encinitas and Santee: population, income, housing, and more.

Encinitas and Santee are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Encinitas has the higher population (61,585 vs 59,485 in Santee). Encinitas has the higher median household income ($150,471 vs $105,613 in Santee). Encinitas has the higher median home value ($1,466,000 vs $653,400 in Santee).

Population, income & housing

	Encinitas	Santee
Population	61,585	59,485
Median age	43.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$150,471	$105,613
Median home value	$1,466,000	$653,400
Median gross rent	$2,730	$2,197
Housing units	26,209	21,625
Homeownership rate	66.4%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Encinitas	Santee
Population	62,780 → 61,585 (-1.9%)	57,797 → 59,485 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$116,022 → $150,471 (+29.7%)	$87,098 → $105,613 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$947,700 → $1,466,000 (+54.7%)	$445,500 → $653,400 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,980 → $2,730 (+37.9%)	$1,744 → $2,197 (+26.0%)

Encinitas

Population

62,78061,585

Median household income

$116,022$150,471

Median home value

$947,700$1,466,000

Median gross rent

$1,980$2,730

Santee

Population

57,79759,485

Median household income

$87,098$105,613

Median home value

$445,500$653,400

Median gross rent

$1,744$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Encinitas	Santee
Under 5	5.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.1%
75 and over	7.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Encinitas	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	63.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.4%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Encinitas	Santee
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	8.3%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Encinitas	Santee
Drove alone	61.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	28.7%	15.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Encinitas	Santee
1-unit, detached	56.7%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.5%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Encinitas	Santee
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1980	1979