Edisto vs Santee

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

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

Edisto has the higher population (2,261 vs 1,179 in Santee). Edisto has the higher median household income ($46,644 vs $36,856 in Santee). Santee has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $46,200 in Edisto).

Population, income & housing

	Edisto	Santee
Population	2,261	1,179
Median age	38.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,644	$36,856
Median home value	$46,200	$163,800
Median gross rent	$852	$733
Housing units	1,135	498
Homeownership rate	64.5%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edisto	Santee
Population	2,595 → 2,261 (-12.9%)	1,000 → 1,179 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$27,439 → $46,644 (+70.0%)	$28,625 → $36,856 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$57,600 → $46,200 (-19.8%)	$153,700 → $163,800 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $852 (+31.1%)	$538 → $733 (+36.2%)

Edisto

Population

2,5952,261

Median household income

$27,439$46,644

Median home value

$57,600$46,200

Median gross rent

$650$852

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)

	Edisto	Santee
Under 5	3.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	19.8%
75 and over	5.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edisto	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	16.8%
Black or African American	76.4%	72.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edisto	Santee
No high school diploma	16.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edisto	Santee
Drove alone	83.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edisto	Santee
1-unit, detached	69.1%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Edisto	Santee
Poverty rate	23.8%	37.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1970	1990