Foreston vs North Santee

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

Foreston 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 66 in Foreston). Since 2019, North Santee's population has grown faster (-26.6% vs -46.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Foreston	North Santee
Population	66	528
Median age	58.8 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,393
Median home value	—	$236,100
Housing units	62	361
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foreston	North Santee
Population	124 → 66 (-46.8%)	719 → 528 (-26.6%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $60,060 (+35.7%)	$42,031 → $42,393 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $62,100 (-24.3%)	$96,700 → $236,100 (+144.2%)

Foreston

Population

12466

Median household income

$44,250$60,060

Median home value

$82,000$62,100

North Santee

Population

719528

Median household income

$42,031$42,393

Median home value

$96,700$236,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foreston	North Santee
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	87.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.9%
75 and over	0.0%	29.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foreston	North Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	86.6%
Black or African American	87.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foreston	North Santee
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	93.5%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	6.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foreston	North Santee
Drove alone	100.0%	97.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foreston	North Santee
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Foreston	North Santee
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1975	2000