Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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• • 67,94293.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,8332.5%Two or more races
  • 1,3731.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,2051.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3440.5%Asian alone
  • 1980.3%Some other race alone
  • 880.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $195,601

Here:	$195,601
State:	$317,202

Townhouses or other attached units: $143,205

Here:	$143,205
State:	$254,369

In 2-unit structures: $98,439

Here:	$98,439
State:	$249,182

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $229,280

Here:	$229,280
State:	$297,446

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $182,061

Here:	$182,061
State:	$320,068

Mobile homes: $105,636

Here:	$105,636
State:	$92,414

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,459 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,141 (1.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Somerset County is $408 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $491 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $603 a month.

Cities in this county include: Somerset, Windber, Meyersdale, Berlin, Friedens, Boswell, Central City, Davidsville, Paint, Jerome.

2023 air pollution in Somerset County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.033 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Cambria County , White Pine County, Nevada , Hancock County, Illinois , Richmond County, New York , Madison County, Ohio , Montgomery County, Indiana , Washington County, Colorado .

Current college students: 1,978
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 496 (89.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2652010 or later
• 1272000 to 2009
• 1701990 to 1999
• 831980 to 1989
• 851970 to 1979
• 198Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 27,223
• One, attached: 1,790
• Two: 1,184
• 3 or 4: 975
• 5 to 9: 998
• 10 to 19: 988
• 20 to 49: 399
• 50 or more: 318
• Mobile homes: 3,855
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 92

Housing units in Somerset County with a mortgage: 10,629 (2,102 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 1,819 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,004

Religion statistics for Somerset County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Somerset County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Pennsylvania Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4506-PA: March 30, 2020, FEMA Id: 4506, Natural disaster type: Other
• Pennsylvania Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 22, 2016 to January 23, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4267: March 23, 2016, FEMA Id: 4267, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3356: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3356, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4099: January 10, 2013, FEMA Id: 4099, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 03, 2011 to October 15, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared EM-3340: September 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 3340, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Pennsylvania Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms, Incident Period: February 05, 2010 to February 11, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1898: April 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1898, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3235: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3235, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Tropical Depression Ivan, Incident Period: September 17, 2004 to October 01, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1557: September 19, 2004, FEMA Id: 1557, Natural disaster type: Tropical Depression
• Pennsylvania Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 14, 2003 to February 19, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3180: March 14, 2003, FEMA Id: 3180, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
• Pennsylvania Flooding, Severe Storms, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 31, 1998 to June 02, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1219: June 08, 1998, FEMA Id: 1219, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties between 2020 and 2021.1,000 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.

3.80% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($47,037 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.25% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($25,386 average AGI)
1.55% relocated to other states ($21,650 average AGI)

Somerset County:	1.55%
Pennsylvania average:	2.47%

to Cambria County, PA	0.96% ($43,358 average AGI)
to Allegheny County, PA	0.24% ($44,443)
to Westmoreland County, PA	0.22% ($51,750)
to Bedford County, PA	0.13% ($55,368)
to Fayette County, PA	0.12% ($26,111)
to Allegany County, MD	0.08% ($45,625)
to Indiana County, PA	0.07% ($40,409)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Somerset County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 15,176 (4,417 living alone), Female householders: 14,288 (4,427 living alone)

• 15,431 spouses (15,343 opposite-sex spouses), 2,288 unmarried partners, (2,288 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 16,906 children (15,965 natural, 267 adopted, 674 stepchildren), 1,450 grandchildren, 497 brothers or sisters, 782 parents, 15 foster children, 904 other relatives, 794 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,179

Size of family households: 10,066 2-persons, 3,929 3-persons, 2,779 4-persons, 753 5-persons, 604 6-persons, 531 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,844 1-person, 1,767 2-persons, 191 3-persons.

9,465 married couples with children.
2,403 single-parent households (622 men, 1,781 women).

95.9% of residents of Somerset speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $538,315,000 ($6,770 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $61,825,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $227,066,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $132,629,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,048,000
Federal grants: $101,869,000
Federal procurement contracts: $58,623,000 ($54,906,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $15,079,000 ($907,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,192,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,343,000
Federal Government insurance: $44,268,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-3 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 32.44 millions of gallons per day (11% from ground, 89% from surface)

• Year house built in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• 1172020 or later
• 1,0912010 to 2019
• 3,3062000 to 2009
• 3,6961990 to 1999
• 4,7971980 to 1989
• 5,3251970 to 1979
• 2,3961960 to 1969
• 4,0331950 to 1959
• 3,1781940 to 1949
• 9,8831939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• 1281 room
• 262 rooms
• 6183 rooms
• 1,8044 rooms
• 3,5995 rooms
• 5,6046 rooms
• 4,1307 rooms
• 3,3558 rooms
• 3,9279+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• 581 room
• 1062 rooms
• 1,3903 rooms
• 1,2234 rooms
• 1,0275 rooms
• 1,0996 rooms
• 6087 rooms
• 4858 rooms
• 2779+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• 128no bedroom
• 3741 bedroom
• 5,0052 bedrooms
• 12,7423 bedrooms
• 3,9554 bedrooms
• 9875+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• 134no bedroom
• 1,2681 bedroom
• 2,1452 bedrooms
• 2,0313 bedrooms
• 5954 bedrooms
• 1005+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Somerset County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 995no vehicle
• 6,4601 vehicle
• 10,0782 vehicles
• 3,5003 vehicles
• 1,5534 vehicles
• 6055+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Somerset County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,011no vehicle
• 3,0621 vehicle
• 1,5692 vehicles
• 4223 vehicles
• 1824 vehicles
• 275+ vehicles

93.2% of Somerset County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 62,421
• Other state: 9,588
• Northeast: 1,711
• Midwest: 2,492
• South: 4,637
• West: 748

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,278
• Number of aged recipients: 184
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,094
• Number of recipients under 18: 371
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,440
• Number of recipients older than 64: 467
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 867
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,030

Somerset County on our top lists:

• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"