Santee is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 815 people and three associated neighborhoods, Santee is the 196th largest community in South Carolina.Santee is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Santee is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santee who work in sales jobs (28.07%), food service (14.62%), and office and administrative support (12.44%). 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. Of important note, Santee is also a town of artists. Santee has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Santee’s character. Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Santee is worth considering.The percentage of people in Santee who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.99% of adults in Santee have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Santee in 2022 was $25,483, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,932 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, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Santee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
