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Somerset County, PA

73,952 Population
1,074.4 square miles 68.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,908 ±$2,306 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $33,960 ±$208
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$50,988 ±$2,164 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $60,905 ±$315
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

10.6% ±2.1% (7,259  ±1,414) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,517,870 (±0.2% / ±30,308)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

24.6 minutes ±0.6 (744,595  ±22,029) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 154,924,705 (±0.1 / ±589,412)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

28,796 ±1,255 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,070,931 ±12,151
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.4 ±0.1 (68,650  ±1,014) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,385,066 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

7.6% ±3.8% (1,011  ±510) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 147,829 (±0.2% / ±6,771)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

38,500 ±428 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,136 ±439
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$106,500 ±$6,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $186,000 ±$1,108
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

7.6% ±1.4% (5,584  ±1,033.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,555,639 (±0.2% / ±29,993.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

89.7% ±4.1% (50,063  ±2,327.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,182,529 (±0.4% / ±37,753.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
15.7% ±2% (8,759  ±1,139.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.8% 2,862,482 (±0.3% / ±22,630.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

1% ±0.8% (765  ±607) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 922,585 (±0.2% / ±19,391)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

8.4% ±1.3% (5,125  ±765) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 745,909 (±0.1% / ±11,767)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
5,125 Total veterans ±765 4,935 Male ±761 190 Female ±151

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