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Somerset County, PA

73,627 Population
1,075 square miles 68.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,947 ±$1,344 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$54,352 ±$3,559 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.1% ±2.5% (8,328  ±1,721) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

N/A Mean travel time to work

Families

29,115 ±1,098 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0.1 (68,879  ±886) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.9% ±2% (511  ±253) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

37,759 ±378 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$115,300 ±$8,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

6.4% ±1.8% (4,695  ±1,325) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.3% ±3.6% (50,621  ±2,012.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
16% ±1.7% (8,887  ±930.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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

0.6% ±0.3% (444  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.9% ±1.1% (4,176  ±680) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
4,176 Total veterans ±680 4,029 Male ±672 147 Female ±107

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