Poway vs Santee

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

Poway 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 48,515 in Poway). Poway has the higher median household income ($143,825 vs $105,613 in Santee). Poway has the higher median home value ($971,500 vs $653,400 in Santee).

Population, income & housing

	Poway	Santee
Population	48,515	59,485
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,825	$105,613
Median home value	$971,500	$653,400
Median gross rent	$2,261	$2,197
Housing units	16,969	21,625
Homeownership rate	75.7%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poway	Santee
Population	49,701 → 48,515 (-2.4%)	57,797 → 59,485 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$107,902 → $143,825 (+33.3%)	$87,098 → $105,613 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$686,400 → $971,500 (+41.5%)	$445,500 → $653,400 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,627 → $2,261 (+39.0%)	$1,744 → $2,197 (+26.0%)

Poway

Population

49,70148,515

Median household income

$107,902$143,825

Median home value

$686,400$971,500

Median gross rent

$1,627$2,261

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)

	Poway	Santee
Under 5	5.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poway	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	63.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	13.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poway	Santee
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	13.2%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poway	Santee
Drove alone	66.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.8%
Public transit	1.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.2%	15.0%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poway	Santee
1-unit, detached	77.1%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	6.8%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Poway	Santee
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1978	1979