Somerset is a metro area of 72,799 people. At a median age of 46.9, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Owners hold 80% of the housing stock. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $150,600. 1% of people across the metro were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $61,446, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Somerset
What changed most since 1990
White share99.3% → 93.3%(−6.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age36.3 → 46.9(+10.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.9% → 17.9%(+9.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Among the 36 metro and micro areas based in Pennsylvania
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.3%(811)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.3%(857)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.5%(1,752)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.8%(348)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(25)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 4,440 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Somerset, decade by decade
Somerset population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
78,218
$52,019
$103,923
8.9%
1.7
2000
80,023
$56,309
$121,869
10.8%
7.0
2010
77,742
$56,383
$132,636
14.3%
10.8
2020
74,129
$62,123
$137,324
16.7%
16.4
2024
72,799
$61,446
$150,600
17.9%
16.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
