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Somerset, KY

12,216 Population
14.8 square miles 827.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 42.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,476 ±$3,429 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: $29,394 ±$1,486
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,704 ±$4,325 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: $51,898 ±$1,971
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.2% ±4.8% (3,014  ±532) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 19.7% † 12,724 (±2.2% / ±1,387)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±5.4 (96,355  ±24,323) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 23.3 557,605 (±1.2 / ±33,669)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,951 ±328 Number of households
  • the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 26,210 ±564
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (11,207  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 2.5 64,840 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±4.8% (216  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 6.2% † 887 (±1.5% / ±216)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,506 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 31,722 ±48
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,000 ±$18,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: $166,900 ±$5,780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.1% ±3.7% (1,937  ±450.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 10.2% † 6,678 (±1.4% / ±914.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±6.6% (7,309  ±669.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 86.3% 40,178 (±3.2% / ±1,505.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.9% ±3.7% (1,722  ±329.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 18.1% 8,434 (±1.6% / ±727.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±1.1% (232  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 1.9% 1,256
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±2.1% (497  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 7.6% † 3,911 (±1.2% / ±609)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
497 Total veterans ±205 442 Male ±158 55 Female ±80

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