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Somerset County, PA

73,447 Population
1,074.4 square miles 68.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,159 ±$1,362 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,804 ±$222
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$48,895 ±$2,432 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,463 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

11.9% ±2.2% (8,075  ±1,465) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,489,333 (±0.3% / ±38,199)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

25.2 minutes ±0.8 (750,520  ±28,442) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 157,372,970 (±0.1 / ±580,939)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

29,456 ±1,072 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,119,249 ±11,502
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.3 ±0.1 (68,150  ±1,077) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,380,244 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

9.7% ±3.7% (1,293  ±490) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 148,956 (±0.2% / ±6,375)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

38,587 ±462 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,732,580 ±1,066
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$105,300 ±$7,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $192,600 ±$1,105
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

9% ±1.7% (6,496  ±1,221.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,577,990 (±0.3% / ±34,693.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

88.7% ±3.8% (48,675  ±2,147.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,216,204 (±0.5% / ±41,592.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
17.7% ±1.9% (9,712  ±1,041.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,917,402 (±0.3% / ±22,331.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

0.9% ±0.4% (623  ±263) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,167 (±0.2% / ±19,548)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

9.3% ±1.4% (5,561  ±820) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 710,375 (±0.1% / ±9,304)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
5,561 Total veterans ±820 5,166 Male ±820 395 Female ±190

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