Center vs Santee

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

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

Santee has the higher population (235 vs 210 in Center). Center has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $41,750 in Santee). Center has the higher median home value ($73,000 vs $46,300 in Santee).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Santee
Population	210	235
Median age	21.3 yrs	20.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$41,750
Median home value	$73,000	$46,300
Median gross rent	$725	$413
Housing units	59	95
Homeownership rate	86.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	20.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Santee
Population	82 → 210 (+156.1%)	389 → 235 (-39.6%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $55,625 (+15.6%)	$38,750 → $41,750 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$51,300 → $73,000 (+42.3%)	$52,500 → $46,300 (-11.8%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)	$293 → $413 (+41.0%)

Center

Population

82210

Median household income

$48,125$55,625

Median home value

$51,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$638$725

Santee

Population

389235

Median household income

$38,750$41,750

Median home value

$52,500$46,300

Median gross rent

$293$413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Santee
Under 5	11.9%	13.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	32.8%
18 to 24	26.2%	11.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	4.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	5.2%	4.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.8%
75 and over	0.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	3.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	84.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Santee
No high school diploma	13.6%	18.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Santee
Drove alone	80.4%	63.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.2%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	2.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Santee
1-unit, detached	96.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Center	Santee
Poverty rate	38.1%	37.0%
Average household size	4.70	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1938	1978