Lake Santee vs St. Paul

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

Lake Santee and St. Paul 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 1,019 in St. Paul). Lake Santee has the higher median household income ($135,804 vs $71,750 in St. Paul). Lake Santee has the higher median home value ($226,500 vs $100,800 in St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
Population	1,051	1,019
Median age	41.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$135,804	$71,750
Median home value	$226,500	$100,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,039
Housing units	545	348
Homeownership rate	89.1%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
Population	860 → 1,051 (+22.2%)	1,013 → 1,019 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $135,804 (+87.3%)	$52,679 → $71,750 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $226,500 (+52.2%)	$82,700 → $100,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$794 → $1,039 (+30.9%)

Lake Santee

Population

8601,051

Median household income

$72,500$135,804

Median home value

$148,800$226,500

St. Paul

Population

1,0131,019

Median household income

$52,679$71,750

Median home value

$82,700$100,800

Median gross rent

$794$1,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
Under 5	4.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	23.6%
18 to 24	0.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	24.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.6%
75 and over	4.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
No high school diploma	1.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	26.9%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
Drove alone	73.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	3.7%
Other means	9.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Santee	St. Paul
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.72	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1975	1962