Santee Real Estate and Homes

Santee is a city in San Diego County, California, named after Milton Santee, second husband of Jennie Blodgett, whose first husband was George A. Cowles (pronounced Coles), a ranching pioneer in the San Diego area. As of 2006, Santee had a population of 54,709.

Neighborhoods
Geographically, Santee shares the northern part of a valley with El Cajon. Hills from a natural barrier on its northern and western sides with Lakeside to its east. The city is bisected by four main thoroughfares; Mast Blvd and Mission Gorge traverse east and west, Magnolia and Cuyamaca north and south. The center has been slowly developed over the years with a YMCA being built but is still largely a field which includes Las Colinas Detention Facility, a women's detention center. The northern part of Santee behind Santana High is largely suburban residential and includes Cajon Park elementary and Woodglen Vista park. The south is bounded by Gillespie Field and El Cajon. This side has an industrial feel, something that it shares with the northern portion of El Cajon. As of April 2010, the local route 67 is being extended through this area to connect with State Route 125 on Santee's southwest side. It contains auto repair shops, self storages, construction yards as well an aerospace museum that lies adjacent to Gillespie Field, technically in El Cajon. This museum can readily be identified in the surrounding area by the large defunct rocket as an informal boundary between Santee and El Cajon. The western side is suburban residential also. It follows Mission Gorge Rd. out to Mission Trails Regional Park and eventually Mission Valley area of San Diego. Cowles Mountain is a natural landmark that can be seen all over east county. Locals from east county and eastern San Diego often hike up this mountain to find a panoramic view of Santee and the entire San Diego area. Also on this western side is Pinnacle Peak, a country steak house with a large mounted steer on its roof that's infamous for cutting off all neckties from its "city slicker" patrons making it somewhat of a Santee institution. This area has seen a lot of gentrification lately with newly built condos around the San Diego River. The eastern side slowly transitions into Lakeside as you take El Nopal eastward. After El Nopal's sharp turn is Hillikers egg ranch with a large yard that contains a few ostrich and two emu. Laying to the east after the Mission Gorge/Woodside transition is a strip mall, local route 67 and on the northern side of the 67, the Santee Drive-in, easily identified with its large neon marquee.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 52,975 people, 18,470 households, and 14,018 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,273.6/km² (3,298.7/mi²). There were 18,833 housing units at an average density of 452.8/km² (1,172.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 86.70% White, 1.48% African American, 0.81% Native American, 2.55% Asian, 0.41% Pacific Islander, 4.03% from other races, and 4.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.36% of the population.

There were 18,470 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the city, the population was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males.

Estimated median household income in 2008: $71,806 (it was $53,624 in 2000)

Santee: $71,806 California: $61,021

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $28,330

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $393,609 (it was $172,800 in 2000) Santee: $393,609 California: $467,000

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $358,473; Detached houses: $439,456; Townhouses or other attached units: $268,881; In 2-unit structures: $388,840; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $292,418; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $258,262; Mobile homes: $41,759; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $95,000

Schools
Santee has two school districts: Santee School District and Grossmont Union High School District. The two high schools are Westhills High and Santana High. All schools in the Santee School District are kindergarten through eighth grade, but separate their campuses into "Elementary" (k-6) and "Junior High" (7-8), also having different schedules.

Elementary Schools:
Cajon Park School
Carlton Hills School
Carlton Oaks School
Chet F. Harrit School
Hill Creek School
Pepper Drive School
Prospect Avenue School
Rio Seco School
Sycamore Canyon School

High Schools
There are three highs schools in Santee. All are part of the Grossmont High School District.

Santana High School
West Hills High School
Liberty Charter High School

Source:  Wikipedia

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