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Somerset township, Somerset County, PA

11,531 Population
64.2 square miles 179.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 46.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,206 ±$3,100 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $32,808 ±$963
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,587 ±$7,605 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $61,446 ±$1,812
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.7% ±3.6% (950  ±295) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 11% † 7,531 (±1.2% / ±805)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±3.9 (77,480  ±14,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 24.9 717,500 (±0.8 / ±28,685)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,507 ±163 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 29,344 ±423
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (8,073  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 2.3 68,559 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±2.7% (59  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 4.8% † 627 (±1.2% / ±156)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,915 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 37,863 ±144
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,700 ±$18,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $150,600 ±$5,309
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±2.5% (1,400  ±282.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 7% † 5,074 (±0.8% / ±540.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±4.8% (8,429  ±503) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 90.9% 49,581 (±2% / ±1,120.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.4% ±2.3% (1,083  ±218.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 17.9% 9,788 (±1.1% / ±586.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% ±1.5% (364  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Somerset County: 1.4% 989
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.7% (761  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 7.5% 4,440 (±0.6% / ±371)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
761 Total veterans ±169 717 Male ±162 44 Female ±36

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