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Somerset County, PA

72,710 Population
1,075 square miles 67.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$29,879 ±$2,472 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,489 ±$312
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$48,438 ±$4,022 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $71,798 ±$557
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.3% ±2.7% (9,818  ±1,850) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,483,365 (±0.3% / ±39,129)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.9 minutes ±0.8 (742,445  ±28,882) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 149,931,280 (±0.1 / ±616,528)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

29,464 ±920 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,294,065 ±14,260
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (68,531  ±112) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 † 12,540,001 (±104.9 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.6% ±1.7% (597  ±219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,542 (±0.3% / ±7,113)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

37,822 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,815,191 ±386
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$136,300 ±$14,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $245,500 ±$1,392
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

7% ±1.6% (5,046  ±1,151.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,378,990 (±0.2% / ±30,921.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

91.3% ±4% (49,673  ±2,197.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,436,634 (±0.5% / ±46,126.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
17.9% ±2.1% (9,728  ±1,147.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.1% 3,209,693 (±0.3% / ±27,947)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

0.7% ±5,212.2% (496  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% † 978,173 (±323% / ±20,568)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

8.6% ±1.4% (5,077  ±833) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 638,436 (±0.1% / ±10,651)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
5,077 Total veterans ±833 4,734 Male ±745 343 Female ±255

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