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Somerset town, Bristol County, MA

18,271 Population
7.9 square miles 2,313.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$47,396 ±$6,168 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $38,632 ±$583
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$96,967 ±$7,620 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bristol County: $74,290 ±$1,371
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

4.6% ±1.8% (821  ±328) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 11% 61,584 (±0.5% / ±2,813)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

24.8 minutes ±1.4 (214,330  ±18,498) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.3 7,438,475 (±0.3 / ±124,519)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

7,248 ±245 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 227,816 ±990
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.5 ±0.1 (18,022  ±71) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 561,247 (±0 / ±920)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

3.6% ±3% (135  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 4.6% † 6,117 (±0.5% / ±686)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

7,532 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 242,312 ±420
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$316,600 ±$14,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $339,900 ±$2,682
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

5.4% ±2% (974  ±367.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 10.4% 59,213 (±0.5% / ±2,760.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

92% ±5.7% (12,525  ±850.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 85.8% 347,515 (±1.1% / ±4,346)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
34.1% ±3.6% (4,644  ±510.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 29.3% 118,733 (±0.6% / ±2,400.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

6.1% ±1.9% (1,105  ±342) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 13.2% 76,277 (±0.4% / ±2,041)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

10.4% ±1.7% (1,531  ±252) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 5.9% 26,998 (±0.2% / ±987)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
1,531 Total veterans ±252 1,453 Male ±245 78 Female ±58

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