Lake Santee vs Sardinia

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

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

Lake Santee has the higher population (1,051 vs 115 in Sardinia). Lake Santee has the higher median household income ($135,804 vs $90,458 in Sardinia). Since 2019, Lake Santee's population has grown faster (+22.2% vs +15.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
Population	1,051	115
Median age	41.9 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$135,804	$90,458
Median home value	$226,500	—
Housing units	545	49
Homeownership rate	89.1%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
Population	860 → 1,051 (+22.2%)	100 → 115 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $135,804 (+87.3%)	—
Median home value	$148,800 → $226,500 (+52.2%)	—

Lake Santee

Population

8601,051

Median household income

$72,500$135,804

Median home value

$148,800$226,500

Sardinia

Population

100115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	24.5%	48.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.7%
75 and over	4.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
No high school diploma	1.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	63.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
Drove alone	73.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	9.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Santee	Sardinia
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1975	1964