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Somerset County, MD

24,822 Population
319.7 square miles 77.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,462 ±$2,506 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,943 ±$8,347 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±3.4% (3,250  ±672) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.5 minutes ±1.7 (195,140  ±19,600) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,348 ±337 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (19,850  ±107) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±2.2% (144  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,928 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$173,200 ±$13,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±1.8% (2,883  ±433.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±4.6% (15,105  ±850.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±2.4% (3,379  ±420.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about half 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

5.1% (1,266  ±533) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.2% (1,368  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,368 Total veterans ±253 1,235 Male ±234 133 Female ±92

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