Alcolu vs North Santee

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

Alcolu and North Santee are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Santee has the higher population (528 vs 426 in Alcolu). North Santee has the higher median household income ($42,393 vs $41,917 in Alcolu). North Santee has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $166,400 in Alcolu).

Population, income & housing

	Alcolu	North Santee
Population	426	528
Median age	21.8 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,917	$42,393
Median home value	$166,400	$236,100
Median gross rent	$685	—
Housing units	134	361
Homeownership rate	62.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcolu	North Santee
Population	430 → 426 (-0.9%)	719 → 528 (-26.6%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $41,917 (+39.7%)	$42,031 → $42,393 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $166,400 (+121.9%)	$96,700 → $236,100 (+144.2%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $685 (+39.2%)	—

Alcolu

Population

430426

Median household income

$30,000$41,917

Median home value

$75,000$166,400

Median gross rent

$492$685

North Santee

Population

719528

Median household income

$42,031$42,393

Median home value

$96,700$236,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcolu	North Santee
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	42.5%	7.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	2.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	4.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	2.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	22.9%
75 and over	9.2%	29.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcolu	North Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	56.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcolu	North Santee
No high school diploma	24.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcolu	North Santee
Drove alone	68.1%	97.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcolu	North Santee
1-unit, detached	79.1%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Alcolu	North Santee
Poverty rate	44.4%	3.2%
Average household size	3.41	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1981	2000