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Somerset, PA

5,984 Population
2.7 square miles 2,193.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 47 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,554 ±$6,264 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: $31,736 ±$990
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$41,782 ±$6,989 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: $59,378 ±$1,484
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

19.5% ±5.6% (1,125  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 11.2% † 7,702 (±1.1% / ±788)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

17.5 minutes ±2.6 (42,925  ±8,014) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 25.2 737,025 (±1 / ±33,242)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,748 ±154 Number of households
  • the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 29,071 ±416
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.1 (5,762  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 2.4 68,975 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

10.1% ±7% (130  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 5.9% † 775 (±1.3% / ±169)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,201 ±199 Number of housing units
  • the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 37,800 ±57
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$144,400 ±$12,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: $130,600 ±$6,607
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

13.9% ±4.1% (813  ±242.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 7.3% † 5,270 (±0.7% / ±529.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

86.2% ±6.4% (3,877  ±341.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 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)
26.4% ±4.5% (1,185  ±207.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 17.3% 9,495 (±0.9% / ±516.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.3% ±0.9% (78  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 1% 720
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5% ±2.1% (245  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 8% 4,766 (±0.6% / ±359)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
245 Total veterans ±103 241 Male ±103 4 Female ±11

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