Niobrara vs Santee

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

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

Niobrara has the higher population (365 vs 235 in Santee). Santee has the higher median household income ($41,750 vs $38,977 in Niobrara). Niobrara has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $46,300 in Santee).

Population, income & housing

	Niobrara	Santee
Population	365	235
Median age	54.8 yrs	20.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,977	$41,750
Median home value	$91,300	$46,300
Median gross rent	$582	$413
Housing units	231	95
Homeownership rate	75.3%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	20.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niobrara	Santee
Population	293 → 365 (+24.6%)	389 → 235 (-39.6%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $38,977 (-5.5%)	$38,750 → $41,750 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $91,300 (+18.7%)	$52,500 → $46,300 (-11.8%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $582 (-6.3%)	$293 → $413 (+41.0%)

Niobrara

Population

293365

Median household income

$41,250$38,977

Median home value

$76,900$91,300

Median gross rent

$621$582

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)

	Niobrara	Santee
Under 5	1.9%	13.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	32.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	4.3%
65 to 74	17.0%	6.8%
75 and over	17.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niobrara	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	3.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.5%	84.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niobrara	Santee
No high school diploma	9.3%	18.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niobrara	Santee
Drove alone	77.0%	63.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.7%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niobrara	Santee
1-unit, detached	71.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Niobrara	Santee
Poverty rate	9.9%	37.0%
Average household size	2.15	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1975	1978