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Somerset township, Hillsdale County, MI

4,579 Population
33.4 square miles 137 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hillsdale County: 42.8 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$51,463 ±$7,086 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hillsdale County: $31,996 ±$1,175
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$87,177 ±$11,336 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hillsdale County: $60,869 ±$2,774
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

6.6% ±2.6% (301  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hillsdale County: 15.5% † 6,830 (±1.8% / ±778)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

35.2 minutes ±2.9 (68,015  ±8,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hillsdale County: 24.6 447,510 (±1.1 / ±22,804)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,859 ±133 Number of households
  • Hillsdale County: 17,858 ±321
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.5 ±0.2 (4,577  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hillsdale County: 2.5 44,130 (±0 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.4% ±5.5% (29  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hillsdale County: 5.7% † 533 (±1.6% / ±150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

2,402 ±150 Number of housing units
  • Hillsdale County: 21,490 ±52
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$240,400 ±$25,164 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hillsdale County: $170,500 ±$5,523
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

8.3% ±3.5% (379  ±160.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hillsdale County: 11.3% 5,099 (±1.1% / ±477.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.4% ±9.2% (3,268  ±364.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hillsdale County: 90.5% 28,512 (±2.4% / ±763.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
35.5% ±7.3% (1,242  ±263.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hillsdale County: 20.6% 6,500 (±1.3% / ±421.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±0.8% (45  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hillsdale County: 1.2% 562
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.6% ±3% (249  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hillsdale County: 7.7% 2,762 (±0.7% / ±251)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
249 Total veterans ±112 216 Male ±98 33 Female ±37

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