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Somerset town, Bristol County, MA

18,207 Population
7.9 square miles 2,304.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±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: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$35,613 ±$2,016 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bristol County: $34,226 ±$439
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$76,311 ±$4,479 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $66,157 ±$880
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

4.9% ±1.7% (870  ±307) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 11.5% 62,439 (±0.5% / ±2,559)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

24.3 minutes ±1.5 (212,085  ±16,896) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.2 7,548,770 (±0.2 / ±82,045)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

7,026 ±264 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 216,618 ±1,222
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.6 ±0.1 (17,930  ±98) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 543,241 (±0 / ±869)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

2.1% ±1.7% (81  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 4.8% 6,289 (±0.4% / ±565)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

7,395 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 234,458 ±358
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$272,000 ±$6,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $290,100 ±$2,008
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

6.9% ±1.6% (1,258  ±294.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 11.2% 62,034 (±0.5% / ±2,693.4)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

88.6% ±4.8% (12,353  ±717) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 84.9% 331,339 (±0.9% / ±3,602.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
25.7% ±2.7% (3,587  ±388.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 28% 109,080 (±0.5% / ±2,085)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

8.4% ±1.6% (1,537  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 12.9% 72,272 (±0.4% / ±2,081)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.3% ±1.5% (1,381  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bristol County: 6.6% 29,340 (±0.3% / ±1,143)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
1,381 Total veterans ±221 1,358 Male ±217 23 Female ±39

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