† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSanteeCaliforniaUnited States
German14.6%6.8%12.5%
English12.9%6.3%9.5%
Irish12.5%5.9%9.4%
Italian6.8%3.4%4.8%
American4.0%2.8%5.3%
French2.9%1.3%1.6%
Polish2.6%0.9%2.2%
Scottish2.6%0.9%1.3%
Mexican17.9%32.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.2%2.0%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Filipino2.5%3.3%0.9%
Chinese1.1%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.8%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.8%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.4%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.3%0.6%0.2%
African American†1.5%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Aztec1.7%0.3%—
Maya1.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Santee
California
United States
Median age
40.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Santee
California
United States
Median household income
$113,394
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Santee
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
9.1%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
3.4%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.6%
2.1%
0.6%
Arabic
2.5%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Santee
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Santee, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−35.0%
2008
−20.1%
2012
−22.5%
2016
−19.2%
2020
−11.4%
2024
−12.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
42.6%Harris12,846
54.9%Trump16,571
2.5%
R+12.3
R+1.0
R+10.9
30,185
R
43.0%Biden13,824
54.4%Trump17,481
2.5%
R+11.4
D+7.8
R+15.8
32,113
R
37.2%Clinton9,547
56.4%Trump14,470
6.3%
R+19.2
D+3.3
R+21.3
25,641
R
37.5%Obama9,237
60.0%Romney14,793
2.5%
R+22.5
R+2.4
R+26.4
24,655
R
39.8%Obama9,966
59.9%McCain14,992
0.2%
R+20.1
D+14.9
R+27.4
25,012
R
32.0%Kerry7,942
67.1%Bush16,626
0.9%
R+35.0
—
R+32.6
24,788
Santee sits in the inland foothills east of San Diego, where owner-occupied housing and a predominantly white working-class demographic have historically produced Republican margins unusual for coastal Southern California.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 35.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.3 points.
A population of 59,332, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $113,394 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln and Georgetown.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Santee, California voted Republican by 12.3 points (R+12.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 30,185 votes cast, 12,846 went Democratic and 16,571 went Republican.
How many people live in Santee, California?
Santee, California has a population of 59,332 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Santee, California?
Median household income in Santee, California is $113,394 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Santee, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Santee, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
