Elloree vs Santee

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

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

Santee has the higher population (1,179 vs 1,005 in Elloree). Santee has the higher median household income ($36,856 vs $33,750 in Elloree). Elloree has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $163,800 in Santee).

Population, income & housing

	Elloree	Santee
Population	1,005	1,179
Median age	61.6 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$36,856
Median home value	$188,100	$163,800
Median gross rent	$954	$733
Housing units	506	498
Homeownership rate	79.5%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	20.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elloree	Santee
Population	631 → 1,005 (+59.3%)	1,000 → 1,179 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$28,056 → $33,750 (+20.3%)	$28,625 → $36,856 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $188,100 (+62.0%)	$153,700 → $163,800 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$431 → $954 (+121.3%)	$538 → $733 (+36.2%)

Elloree

Population

6311,005

Median household income

$28,056$33,750

Median home value

$116,100$188,100

Median gross rent

$431$954

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)

	Elloree	Santee
Under 5	1.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	4.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	19.8%
75 and over	32.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elloree	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	16.8%
Black or African American	55.5%	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	1.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elloree	Santee
No high school diploma	25.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	35.9%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elloree	Santee
Drove alone	91.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elloree	Santee
1-unit, detached	82.8%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Elloree	Santee
Poverty rate	20.1%	37.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1947	1990