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Somerset, KY Urban Area

31,717 Population
38.9 square miles 815.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,143 ±$1,912 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,262 ±$6,321 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±3% (6,349  ±946) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±2.5 (232,405  ±32,327) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,518 ±568 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (30,691  ±1,179) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±2.1% (458  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,819 ±485 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$182,200 ±$10,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±1.9% (3,930  ±605.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±3.5% (19,469  ±1,053.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21% ±2.4% (4,644  ±558.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

2.7% ±0.9% (844  ±293) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1% (1,463  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,463 Total veterans ±260 1,321 Male ±206 142 Female ±101

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