Fontana Dam vs Lake Santeetlah

A side-by-side comparison of Fontana Dam and Lake Santeetlah: population, income, housing, and more.

Fontana Dam and Lake Santeetlah are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Santeetlah has the higher population (116 vs 11 in Fontana Dam). Since 2019, Lake Santeetlah's population has grown faster (+123.1% vs -59.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
Population	11	116
Median age	—	36.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$106,875
Median home value	—	$372,200
Housing units	148	176
Homeownership rate	0.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
Population	27 → 11 (-59.3%)	52 → 116 (+123.1%)
Median household income	—	$67,292 → $106,875 (+58.8%)
Median home value	—	$481,300 → $372,200 (-22.7%)

Fontana Dam

Population

2711

Lake Santeetlah

Population

52116

Median household income

$67,292$106,875

Median home value

$481,300$372,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
Under 5	0.0%	15.5%
5 to 17	54.5%	6.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	45.5%	1.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.5%
75 and over	0.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	33.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
Drove alone	100.0%	50.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	46.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
1-unit, detached	97.3%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Fontana Dam	Lake Santeetlah
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.20	3.31
Median year structure built	1974	1979