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Somerset town, Bristol County, MA

18,165 Population
7.9 square miles 2,299.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$39,568 ±$3,213 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $35,747 ±$448
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$84,115 ±$5,192 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $69,095 ±$1,219
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

3.9% ±1.2% (702  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Bristol County: 11.3% 61,875 (±0.5% / ±2,770)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

23.6 minutes ±1.6 (208,035  ±16,236) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.8 7,775,180 (±0.4 / ±126,344)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

6,956 ±219 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 217,912 ±1,172
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.6 ±0.1 (17,890  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 545,676 (±0 / ±747)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

2.4% ±1.8% (88  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 4.6% † 6,009 (±0.5% / ±653)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

7,332 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 235,275 ±312
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$279,200 ±$5,801 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $299,800 ±$2,745
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

7.1% ±2% (1,280  ±365.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 10.9% 60,808 (±0.5% / ±2,525.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

90.9% ±5% (12,490  ±748.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 85.7% 336,619 (±1% / ±3,790.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
27.5% ±2.8% (3,773  ±401.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bristol County: 28.7% 112,574 (±0.6% / ±2,194.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

5.9% ±1.4% (1,067  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 12.8% 71,523 (±0.4% / ±2,287)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

10.8% ±1.7% (1,595  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 6.5% 28,673 (±0.2% / ±1,026)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,595 Total veterans ±249 1,517 Male ±231 78 Female ±61

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