Santee vs Wausa

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

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

Wausa has the higher population (587 vs 235 in Santee). Wausa has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $41,750 in Santee). Wausa has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $46,300 in Santee).

Population, income & housing

	Santee	Wausa
Population	235	587
Median age	20.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$68,125
Median home value	$46,300	$79,400
Median gross rent	$413	$820
Housing units	95	325
Homeownership rate	28.4%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	20.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santee	Wausa
Population	389 → 235 (-39.6%)	562 → 587 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $41,750 (+7.7%)	$68,750 → $68,125 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $46,300 (-11.8%)	$67,900 → $79,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$293 → $413 (+41.0%)	$642 → $820 (+27.7%)

Santee

Population

389235

Median household income

$38,750$41,750

Median home value

$52,500$46,300

Median gross rent

$293$413

Wausa

Population

562587

Median household income

$68,750$68,125

Median home value

$67,900$79,400

Median gross rent

$642$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santee	Wausa
Under 5	13.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	32.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	4.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.9%
75 and over	2.1%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santee	Wausa
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.7%	2.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
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%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santee	Wausa
No high school diploma	18.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	44.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santee	Wausa
Drove alone	63.5%	86.4%
Carpooled	20.3%	0.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	12.2%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santee	Wausa
1-unit, detached	71.6%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Santee	Wausa
Poverty rate	37.0%	4.6%
Average household size	3.48	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1978	1938