Santee Real Estate

Santee, California, located about 15 miles inland from of San Diego, is a quiet, middle-class community. Home to over 54,000 residents, Santee is a spacious place to live, with only half of its land currently developed. The setting here is beautiful. Gentle, rolling hills and sparkling lakes dot the landscape. Abundant parks with hiking and biking trails as well as large open spaces allow residents to take advantage of Santee's natural beauty.

Santee attracts younger residents and families. The average age here is only 35 years old. The majority of Santee's residents work in professional, service, or entrepreneurial jobs. Community life in Santee centers around the Town Center complex, with shopping, restaurants, and services, located in the center of town. Santee offers all the benefits of a small town with the culture, shopping, and services of a big city just 15 miles away.

New, Affordable Homes

With an average home value of almost $380,000, Santee real estate is significantly less expensive here than in San Diego County's oceanfront communities. The most popular style home in Santee is a single-family, two-story detached dwelling. Almost two-thirds of homeowners here occupy single-family homes.

Many of the houses and condos in Santee are of a southwestern design, with graceful arches, beige stucco exteriors, and red tiles roofs, or of the arts and crafts style, with angular windows, lots of built-in cabinets, and deep, rich colors drawn from nature. The majority of the homes in this area are newly constructed, reflecting the population shift inland from the coast in the last decade.