City of Santee California

Sunny climate, good schools, small-town friendliness. Santee prides itself on having a lean government that responds to its citizens' concerns.Collectively, these are among the key attributes of the City of Santee, which in 2016 had an estimated population of 58,000. Quality-of-life issues are important to local residents, who simultaneously value the abundance of open space as well as convenient shopping in the city's retail core. Santee also boasts a low crime rate and a median annual household income in 2015 of $79,667, which was 21 percent higher than the state average.