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Somerset, PA

5,944 Population
2.7 square miles 2,178.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 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

$39,997 ±$7,163 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: $32,808 ±$963
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,102 ±$8,818 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: $61,446 ±$1,812
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±5.5% (985  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 11% † 7,531 (±1.2% / ±805)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±2.4 (40,240  ±7,168) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 24.9 717,500 (±0.8 / ±28,685)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,845 ±177 Number of households
  • the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 29,344 ±423
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (5,731  ±66) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 2.3 68,559 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±5.6% (68  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 4.8% † 627 (±1.2% / ±156)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,319 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 37,863 ±144
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,600 ±$10,213 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: $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

13.8% ±4.3% (810  ±255.2) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 7% † 5,074 (±0.8% / ±540.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±7.6% (3,983  ±386.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 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)
24% ±4.6% (1,081  ±212.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 17.9% 9,788 (±1.1% / ±586.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.6% ±1.5% (157  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 1.4% 989
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±2.1% (278  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Somerset, PA Micro Area: 7.5% 4,440 (±0.6% / ±371)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
278 Total veterans ±105 275 Male ±108 3 Female ±10

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