Orangeburg vs Santee

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

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

Orangeburg has the higher population (13,189 vs 1,179 in Santee). Santee has the higher median household income ($36,856 vs $33,066 in Orangeburg). Santee has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $145,000 in Orangeburg).

Population, income & housing

	Orangeburg	Santee
Population	13,189	1,179
Median age	37.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,066	$36,856
Median home value	$145,000	$163,800
Median gross rent	$765	$733
Housing units	6,219	498
Homeownership rate	44.8%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orangeburg	Santee
Population	12,861 → 13,189 (+2.6%)	1,000 → 1,179 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$31,455 → $33,066 (+5.1%)	$28,625 → $36,856 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $145,000 (+37.3%)	$153,700 → $163,800 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $765 (+9.4%)	$538 → $733 (+36.2%)

Orangeburg

Population

12,86113,189

Median household income

$31,455$33,066

Median home value

$105,600$145,000

Median gross rent

$699$765

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)

	Orangeburg	Santee
Under 5	5.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	24.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	19.8%
75 and over	8.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orangeburg	Santee
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	16.8%
Black or African American	73.9%	72.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orangeburg	Santee
No high school diploma	18.3%	21.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orangeburg	Santee
Drove alone	74.6%	84.4%
Carpooled	15.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orangeburg	Santee
1-unit, detached	59.9%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	27.9%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Orangeburg	Santee
Poverty rate	31.5%	37.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1968	1990