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Somerset township, Somerset County, PA

11,640 Population
64.2 square miles 181.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 47 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,049 ±$2,664 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $31,736 ±$990
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$60,461 ±$5,812 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $59,378 ±$1,484
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10.1% ±3.6% (828  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 11.2% † 7,702 (±1.1% / ±788)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.7 minutes ±3.7 (69,245  ±14,056) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 25.2 737,025 (±1 / ±33,242)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,647 ±180 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 29,071 ±416
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (8,177  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 2.4 68,975 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.4% ±3.3% (84  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 5.9% † 775 (±1.3% / ±169)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,996 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 37,800 ±57
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$163,700 ±$20,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $130,600 ±$6,607
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.6% ±2.4% (1,459  ±281.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 7.3% † 5,270 (±0.7% / ±529.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.9% ±4.8% (8,479  ±514.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 90.1% 49,469 (±2% / ±1,085.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
11.7% ±2.3% (1,115  ±217.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 17.3% 9,495 (±0.9% / ±516.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

2% ±0.9% (235  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Somerset County: 1% 720
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8% ±1.8% (809  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 8% 4,766 (±0.6% / ±359)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
809 Total veterans ±187 738 Male ±174 71 Female ±54

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