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Somerset, KY Urban Area

31,760 Population
38.9 square miles 816.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,435 ±$3,402 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,778 ±$5,546 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

21.7% ±2.6% (6,639  ±848) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21 minutes ±2.1 (248,945  ±29,673) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,119 ±503 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (30,807  ±1,160) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.8% ±2.4% (488  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,514 ±555 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$173,200 ±$11,723 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.2% ±2.1% (4,463  ±679.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.5% ±3.7% (18,760  ±1,074.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.3% ±2.4% (4,454  ±556.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.5% ±1% (795  ±311) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.4% ±1.1% (1,329  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,329 Total veterans ±283 1,228 Male ±249 101 Female ±72

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