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Santee, California: commercial real estate data.
Santee is a Census city of 59,332 people across 16.54 square miles of land, in San Diego County. Median household income is $113,394, 72.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 80 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $41.8 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Santee
What Santee is
- Census place typecity
- Land area16.54 sq mi
- Water area0.18 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,588
- County holding the largest share of its areaSan Diego County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Santee
- Population59,332
- Median age40.3
- Population under 1813,681
- Share under 1823.1 percent
- Population 65 and over9,812
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent
- Households21,196
- Family households15,254
- Share of households that are families72.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Santee
- Median household income$113,394
- Per capita income$49,612
- Civilian labor force29,624
- Employed28,228
- Unemployed1,396 plus or minus 285
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over42,399
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Santee
- Housing units21,851
- Occupied units21,196
- Vacant units655 plus or minus 219
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied15,345
- Renter occupied5,851
- Ownership rate72.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$727,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,250
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.8 percent
- Single family units15,151
- Share single family69.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,686
- Share in buildings of two or more21.4 percent
- Mobile homes2,014
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Santee gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute23,043
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,736
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more9,192
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.9 percent
- Drove alone71.6 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home17.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Santee (7(a))
- Approvals80
- Gross approval$41,759,900
- Average approval$521,999
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,377,280
- Largest approval$4,666,000
- Jobs supported998
- Jobs per approval12.5
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Paid in full14
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.8 percent
- Share to franchises8.8 percent
- Distinct lenders30
- Distinct industries by NAICS51
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Santee, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 15 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Santee (504)
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$26,376,000
- Average approval$879,200
- Median approval$569,500
- Largest approval$2,254,000
- Jobs supported379
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs6
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Santee, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 6 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Santee
- NFIP communityCity of Santee
- NFIP community number060703
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date03/03/26
The City of Santee participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 060703 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
San Diego County, not Santee
San Diego County context, not Santee figures
- Establishments in San Diego County93,407
- Covered employment, San Diego County1,536,541
- Average annual pay, San Diego County$82,854
- Housing units permitted, San Diego County11,572
Every figure in this section is published for San Diego County as a whole and is not a measurement of Santee.
All San Diego County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Santee questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Santee, California?
59,332, in 21,196 households. Santee city covers 16.54 square miles of land, which is 3,588 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Santee in?
San Diego County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Santee?
$113,394. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $727,200. Median gross rent is $2,250 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Santee businesses?
80 7(a) approvals totaling $41.8 m since FY2020, across 30 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 30 504 approvals worth $26.4 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Santee, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Santee borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Santee. Only 15 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Santee in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Santee appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Santee, city of, community 060703, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Santee figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for San Diego County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Santee.
Is zoning published for Santee?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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