North vs Santee

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

North 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 783 in North). Santee has the higher median household income ($36,856 vs $36,250 in North). Santee has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $86,500 in North).

Population, income & housing

	North	Santee
Population	783	1,179
Median age	49.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$36,856
Median home value	$86,500	$163,800
Median gross rent	$717	$733
Housing units	407	498
Homeownership rate	52.2%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North	Santee
Population	742 → 783 (+5.5%)	1,000 → 1,179 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$31,827 → $36,250 (+13.9%)	$28,625 → $36,856 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $86,500 (+2.7%)	$153,700 → $163,800 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $717 (+30.4%)	$538 → $733 (+36.2%)

North

Population

742783

Median household income

$31,827$36,250

Median home value

$84,200$86,500

Median gross rent

$550$717

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)

	North	Santee
Under 5	5.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	22.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	19.8%
75 and over	11.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	16.8%
Black or African American	54.4%	72.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	1.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North	Santee
No high school diploma	23.0%	21.7%
High school graduate	40.5%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North	Santee
Drove alone	84.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North	Santee
1-unit, detached	61.7%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	North	Santee
Poverty rate	38.8%	37.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1973	1990