Santee is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 814 people and three associated neighborhoods, Santee is the 196th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Santee is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Santee is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santee who work in sales jobs (24.48%), office and administrative support (8.10%), and food service (7.91%). Also of interest is that Santee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Santee has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Santee a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Santee doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Santee is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.12% of adults in Santee have a college degree. The per capita income in Santee in 2022 was $25,104, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,416 for a family of four. However, Santee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Santee is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Santee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santee residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Santee include English, German, Irish, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Santee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Polish.
