Santee, CA Commuting


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Santee, CA is an active and vibrant city located in San Diego County. It has a variety of amenities to offer residents, including an array of public transportation options. The Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) provides local bus services that connect Santee with nearby areas, such as La Mesa, El Cajon, and San Diego. The Green Line Trolley is also available from downtown San Diego to Santee Town Center Station with multiple stops along the way. In addition, the region has multiple taxi services available for those who wish to get around town or further away. Finally, Uber and Lyft are also popular ways for those in Santee to travel around while having access to low-cost rideshare services. This variety of transportation options makes it easy for people in Santee to get where they need to go and explore all the area has to offer without having to worry about relying on their own vehicles for transportation needs.

The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in Santee takes 26.7 minutes. That's longer than the US average of 26.4 minutes.

How people in Santee get to work:
- 84.6% drive their own car alone
- 7.7% carpool with others
- 4.7% work from home
- 0.8% take mass transit
     Commute Time To Work

  TransportationSantee, CaliforniaUnited States
  27.726.8
  Commute Mode
  80.2%73.2%
  7.2%8.6%
  1.1%4.2%
  0.2%0.5%
  0.6%2.5%
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Over 12 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 12 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 16 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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