Santee vs Verdel

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

Santee and Verdel 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 36 in Verdel). Since 2019, Verdel's population has grown faster (+38.5% vs -39.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Santee	Verdel
Population	235	36
Median age	20.8 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	—
Median home value	$46,300	—
Median gross rent	$413	—
Housing units	95	28
Homeownership rate	28.4%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	20.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santee	Verdel
Population	389 → 235 (-39.6%)	26 → 36 (+38.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $41,750 (+7.7%)	—
Median home value	$52,500 → $46,300 (-11.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$293 → $413 (+41.0%)	—

Santee

Population

389235

Median household income

$38,750$41,750

Median home value

$52,500$46,300

Median gross rent

$293$413

Verdel

Population

2636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santee	Verdel
Under 5	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.8%	2.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	38.9%
55 to 64	4.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	27.8%
75 and over	2.1%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santee	Verdel
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.7%	8.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santee	Verdel
No high school diploma	18.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	44.4%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santee	Verdel
Drove alone	63.5%	81.8%
Carpooled	20.3%	18.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	12.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santee	Verdel
1-unit, detached	71.6%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Santee	Verdel
Poverty rate	37.0%	11.1%
Average household size	3.48	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	11	—
Median year structure built	1978	1950