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Somerset, KY

12,108 Population
14.7 square miles 823 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,302 ±$8,799 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: $31,140 ±$2,256
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$32,910 ±$6,149 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: $50,943 ±$2,251
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

28.7% ±4.8% (3,172  ±532) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 20.3% 13,006 (±1.7% / ±1,062)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

24.1 minutes ±4.1 (102,635  ±20,903) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 23.6 583,255 (±1.5 / ±41,284)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

4,708 ±242 Number of households
  • the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 25,920 ±478
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.1 (11,180  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 2.5 64,515 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

5.2% ±3.4% (123  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 6.4% † 900 (±1.7% / ±240)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

5,255 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 31,673 ±36
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$140,900 ±$22,739 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: $156,300 ±$7,491
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

16.3% ±3.5% (1,946  ±418.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 11.3% † 7,335 (±1.4% / ±931.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

81.1% ±6.9% (6,807  ±661.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 84.9% 39,384 (±3.2% / ±1,464.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
16.9% ±3.5% (1,414  ±304.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 17.9% 8,309 (±1.6% / ±745.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

3.2% ±1.5% (388  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 1.9% 1,264
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

4.2% ±1.8% (397  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Somerset, KY Micro Area: 7.3% † 3,731 (±1.2% / ±599)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
397 Total veterans ±167 350 Male ±135 47 Female ±56

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