Brookdale vs Santee

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

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

Brookdale has the higher population (4,061 vs 1,179 in Santee). Santee has the higher median household income ($36,856 vs $34,279 in Brookdale). Santee has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $85,400 in Brookdale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookdale	Santee
Population	4,061	1,179
Median age	33.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,279	$36,856
Median home value	$85,400	$163,800
Median gross rent	$711	$733
Housing units	2,383	498
Homeownership rate	47.9%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookdale	Santee
Population	4,674 → 4,061 (-13.1%)	1,000 → 1,179 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$24,830 → $34,279 (+38.1%)	$28,625 → $36,856 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $85,400 (+10.9%)	$153,700 → $163,800 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $711 (+16.6%)	$538 → $733 (+36.2%)

Brookdale

Population

4,6744,061

Median household income

$24,830$34,279

Median home value

$77,000$85,400

Median gross rent

$610$711

Santee

Population

1,0001,179

Median household income

$28,625$36,856

Median home value

$153,700$163,800

Median gross rent

$538$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookdale	Santee
Under 5	6.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	21.4%	5.9%
35 to 44	8.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	19.8%
75 and over	5.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookdale	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	16.8%
Black or African American	98.5%	72.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookdale	Santee
No high school diploma	31.1%	21.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookdale	Santee
Drove alone	80.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookdale	Santee
1-unit, detached	48.5%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Brookdale	Santee
Poverty rate	36.1%	37.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1978	1990