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Somerset town, Niagara County, NY

2,824 Population
37.1 square miles 76.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Niagara County: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,104 ±$2,762 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Niagara County: $33,465 ±$647
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $43,208 ±$189
$56,250 ±$6,772 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Niagara County: $60,834 ±$1,716
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $75,157 ±$322

14.2% ±5.9% (401  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 12.4% 25,990 (±0.9% / ±1,848)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 13.5% 2,636,823 (±0.1% / ±26,596)

29.5 minutes ±2.2 (31,665  ±4,397) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Niagara County: 22.8 2,113,470 (±0.5 / ±52,486)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33.3 284,720,580 (±0.1 / ±1,011,891)

Families

1,093 ±80 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 90,030 ±707
  • New York: 7,530,150 ±13,493
2.6 ±0.2 (2,799  ±117) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 2.3 208,980 (±0 / ±342)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.6 19,542,206

3.2% ±2.1% (19  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Niagara County: 5.1% † 2,293 (±0.8% / ±357)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.7% 224,967 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

Housing

1,292 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,117 ±166
  • New York: 8,449,178 ±1,485

$128,300 ±$13,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Niagara County: $140,400 ±$3,114
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $340,600 ±$1,211

5.1% ±2.8% (143  ±79.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Niagara County: 8.8% 18,569 (±0.7% / ±1,366.9)
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.3% 2,052,819 (±0.1% / ±17,823.7)

Social

91.3% ±7% (1,825  ±174.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Niagara County: 91.6% 139,894 (±1.7% / ±2,538.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.4% 12,311,423 (±0.2% / ±30,558.5)
14.9% ±3% (298  ±62.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Niagara County: 26.3% 40,182 (±0.9% / ±1,364.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 38.1% 5,366,712 (±0.1% / ±19,738.8)

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

3.8% ±2.4% (107  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Niagara County: 3.6% 7,753 (±0.4% / ±751)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.5% 4,523,896 (±0.1% / ±18,762)

8.5% ±2.3% (179  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Niagara County: 8.2% 13,864 (±0.5% / ±793)
  • about double the rate in New York: 4.2% 665,257 (±0% / ±6,237)
179 Total veterans ±48 140 Male ±36 39 Female ±32

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