National City vs Santee

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

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

Santee has the higher population (59,485 vs 55,960 in National City). Santee has the higher median household income ($105,613 vs $64,248 in National City). Santee has the higher median home value ($653,400 vs $580,900 in National City).

Population, income & housing

	National City	Santee
Population	55,960	59,485
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,248	$105,613
Median home value	$580,900	$653,400
Median gross rent	$1,619	$2,197
Housing units	18,783	21,625
Homeownership rate	34.2%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National City	Santee
Population	61,121 → 55,960 (-8.4%)	57,797 → 59,485 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$47,119 → $64,248 (+36.4%)	$87,098 → $105,613 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$402,000 → $580,900 (+44.5%)	$445,500 → $653,400 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,619 (+39.2%)	$1,744 → $2,197 (+26.0%)

National City

Population

61,12155,960

Median household income

$47,119$64,248

Median home value

$402,000$580,900

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,619

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)

	National City	Santee
Under 5	5.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.1%
75 and over	6.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National City	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	63.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	16.8%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	65.8%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National City	Santee
No high school diploma	23.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National City	Santee
Drove alone	70.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	14.7%	5.8%
Public transit	3.8%	1.2%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	15.0%
Other means	1.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National City	Santee
1-unit, detached	41.2%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	21.1%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	National City	Santee
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1969	1979