Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 11,477
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 24,368
Renter-occupied apartments: 7,205 (it was 6,854 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 22% |
State: | 30% |
Land area: 1075 sq. mi.
Water area: 6.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 68 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (21.6%), Manufacturing (13.0%), Retail trade (12.5%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 81%
- Government: 13%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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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
Median resident age: | 47.6 years |
Pennsylvania median age: | 40.9 years |
Males: 37,976 | (52.2%) |
Females: 34,734 | (47.8%) |
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Somerset County: | 2.0 people |
Pennsylvania: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $48,438 ($30,911 in 1999)
This county: | $48,438 |
Pennsylvania: | $71,798 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $491 (lower quartile is $379, upper quartile is $592)
This county: | $491 |
State: | $922 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $136,300 (it was $66,900 in 2000)
Somerset: | $136,300 |
Pennsylvania: | $245,500 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,164Detached 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 monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $464
Institutionalized population: 4,335
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 93 buildings, average cost: $295,300
- 2021: 65 buildings, average cost: $242,300
- 2020: 71 buildings, average cost: $256,600
- 2019: 62 buildings, average cost: $220,500
- 2018: 94 buildings, average cost: $195,500
- 2017: 67 buildings, average cost: $222,300
- 2016: 63 buildings, average cost: $230,500
- 2015: 104 buildings, average cost: $245,900
- 2014: 55 buildings, average cost: $203,800
- 2013: 69 buildings, average cost: $236,900
- 2012: 46 buildings, average cost: $194,800
- 2011: 46 buildings, average cost: $189,800
- 2010: 108 buildings, average cost: $166,400
- 2009: 67 buildings, average cost: $167,600
- 2008: 123 buildings, average cost: $157,800
- 2007: 155 buildings, average cost: $190,000
- 2006: 98 buildings, average cost: $162,400
- 2005: 131 buildings, average cost: $159,400
- 2004: 223 buildings, average cost: $140,100
- 2003: 208 buildings, average cost: $133,800
- 2002: 184 buildings, average cost: $100,100
- 2001: 203 buildings, average cost: $99,600
- 2000: 210 buildings, average cost: $93,800
- 1999: 217 buildings, average cost: $88,600
- 1998: 193 buildings, average cost: $80,900
- 1997: 221 buildings, average cost: $87,600
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%)
Somerset County: | 14.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 11.8% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 47.6 years old
(Males: 45.2 years old, Females: 49.6 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 48.2 years old, Black residents: 39.6 years old, American Indian residents: 62.1 years old, Asian residents: 14.8 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 38.9 years old, Other race residents: 11.8 years old)
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 .
Here: | 3.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 2.9% |
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)
Somerset County: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 7.5% |
- 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
Here: | 90.9% with mortgage |
State: | 93.8% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Somerset County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Mainline Protestant | 20,678 | 91 |
Evangelical Protestant | 13,611 | 93 |
Catholic | 10,298 | 15 |
Other | 1,022 | 5 |
Orthodox | 343 | 5 |
None | 31,790 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Somerset County: | 2.31 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 0.09 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.51 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 0.88 / 10,000 pop. |
Somerset County: | 3.60 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 2.52 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 5.91 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Somerset County: | 9.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 9.1% |
Somerset County: | 29.1% |
State: | 27.2% |
Here: | 10.3% |
State: | 11.5% |
Agriculture in Somerset County:
Average size of farms: 187 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $55,112
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $90.98
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.91%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.54%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $48,920
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 43.59%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.52%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $59,206
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.20%
Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 22.59
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 39.53%
Corn for grain: 14057 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 138 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 1478 harvested acres
Vegetables: 187 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 139 acres
Earthquake activity:
Somerset County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 51% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 155.9 miles away from Somerset County center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 125.7 miles away from the county center
On 1/31/1986 at 16:46:43, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MB) earthquake occurred 157.3 miles away from the county center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 159.8 miles away from the county center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi) earthquake occurred 152.9 miles away from Somerset County center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 268.2 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
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.
The number of natural disasters in Somerset County (19) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 14
Emergencies Declared: 5
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 5, Snowstorms: 4, Winter Storms: 4, Hurricanes: 3, Tropical Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Snowfall: 1, Tornado: 1, Tropical Depression: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 20,895 (77.0%)
- Carpooled: 2,097 (7.7%)
- Bus: 7 (0.0%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 2 (0.0%)
- Ferryboat: 3 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 345 (1.3%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0.0%)
- Walked: 665 (2.5%)
- Worked at home: 3,024 (11.1%)
- Health care and social assistance (25%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (30%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (13%)
- Sales and related occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Production occupations (9%)
- Transportation occupations (9%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Material moving occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (24%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (11%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (7%)
- Healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (5%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Afghanistan (11%)
- Canada (9%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (7%)
- Mexico (7%)
- El Salvador (5%)
- England (4%)
- German (39%)
- American (10%)
- English (9%)
- Polish (6%)
- Irish (6%)
- Italian (5%)
- Scottish (2%)
People in group quarters in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 2010:
- 3,590 people in state prisons
- 659 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 147 people in group homes intended for adults
- 72 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 22 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 13 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 11 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 10 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 8 people in other noninstitutional facilities
People in group quarters in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 2000:
- 2,142 people in state prisons
- 808 people in nursing homes
- 258 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 97 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 74 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 49 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 19 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 18 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 16 people in other group homes
- 13 people in religious group quarters
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)
Here: | 3.80% |
Pennsylvania average: | 5.44% |
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%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
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
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.1%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 16,271 (13,869 aged, 2,402 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 975 (6%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,642)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,494)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (926)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (828)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (815)
- Congestive heart failure (671)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (584)
- Unspecified dementia (481)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (461)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (335)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 9,772
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 322
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 43,695
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 934
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,147
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 13
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 37
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 60
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 113.8. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 66.8
- Other - 47.0
Household type by relationship:
Households: 72,710- 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:
Births: 4,077Here: | 52 per 1000 residents |
State: | 61 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 4,984
Here: | 63 per 1000 residents |
State: | 54 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +88
Here: | +1 per 1000 residents |
State: | +8 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -216
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)
Here: | 6.5 |
State: | 6.8 |
Here: | 4.9 |
State: | 4.3 |
- 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 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 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 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.
Somerset County: | 93.2% |
State average: | 89.3% |
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
- 38.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 17.8%Utility gas
- 15.0%Electricity
- 10.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 9.9%Coal or coke
- 6.9%Wood
- 0.7%No fuel used
- 0.6%Other fuel
- 32.9%Electricity
- 31.0%Utility gas
- 26.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 4.0%Wood
- 3.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.9%Coal or coke
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 23.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 15.7% |
Here: | 19.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.4% |
Here: | 36.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 39.8% |
Somerset County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $3,059,000
Natural Resources - Other: $196,000
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $21,534,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,617,000
Public Welfare - Other: $9,079,000
General - Other: $9,005,000
Natural Resources - Other: $8,699,000
Police Protection: $6,950,000
Health - Other: $6,130,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,618,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Natural Resources: $7,574,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $489,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $20,935,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $19,491,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,444,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,052,000
Interest Earnings: $575,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $9,372,000
General - Other: $86,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,331,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $18,904,000
General Local Government Support: $15,881,000
- Tax - Property: $32,632,000
Other Selective Sales: $612,000
Other License: $37,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,480,000
Somerset County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $3,059,000
Natural Resources - Other: $196,000
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $21,534,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,617,000
Public Welfare - Other: $9,079,000
General - Other: $9,005,000
Natural Resources - Other: $8,699,000
Police Protection: $6,950,000
Health - Other: $6,130,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,618,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Natural Resources: $7,574,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $489,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $20,935,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $19,491,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,444,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,052,000
Interest Earnings: $575,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $9,372,000
General - Other: $86,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,331,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $18,904,000
General Local Government Support: $15,881,000
- Tax - Property: $32,632,000
Other Selective Sales: $612,000
Other License: $37,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,480,000
Somerset County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $3,059,000
Natural Resources - Other: $196,000
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $21,534,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,617,000
Public Welfare - Other: $9,079,000
General - Other: $9,005,000
Natural Resources - Other: $8,699,000
Police Protection: $6,950,000
Health - Other: $6,130,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,618,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Natural Resources: $7,574,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $489,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $20,935,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $19,491,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,444,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,052,000
Interest Earnings: $575,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $9,372,000
General - Other: $86,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,331,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $18,904,000
General Local Government Support: $15,881,000
- Tax - Property: $32,632,000
Other Selective Sales: $612,000
Other License: $37,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,480,000
Somerset County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $3,059,000
Natural Resources - Other: $196,000
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $21,534,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,617,000
Public Welfare - Other: $9,079,000
General - Other: $9,005,000
Natural Resources - Other: $8,699,000
Police Protection: $6,950,000
Health - Other: $6,130,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,618,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Natural Resources: $7,574,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $489,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $20,935,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $19,491,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,444,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,052,000
Interest Earnings: $575,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $9,372,000
General - Other: $86,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,331,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $18,904,000
General Local Government Support: $15,881,000
- Tax - Property: $32,632,000
Other Selective Sales: $612,000
Other License: $37,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,480,000
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
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2003 (Based on 20 full tracts) | ||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 78 | $68,410 | 759 | $82,408 | 2,577 | $72,265 | 730 | $31,958 | 4 | $77,250 | 363 | $94,044 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 2 | $75,500 | 80 | $66,800 | 431 | $75,109 | 65 | $28,585 | 0 | $0 | 28 | $75,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 15 | $74,267 | 216 | $60,588 | 1,213 | $71,960 | 233 | $21,524 | 0 | $0 | 68 | $69,691 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 2 | $59,000 | 91 | $77,978 | 635 | $79,942 | 45 | $42,956 | 0 | $0 | 42 | $85,571 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 1 | $43,000 | 19 | $83,526 | 67 | $82,090 | 13 | $51,154 | 0 | $0 | 11 | $95,636 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2003 (Based on 20 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 225 | $88,920 | 162 | $96,210 | 27 | $116,815 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 27 | $77,370 | 66 | $89,136 | 10 | $93,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 3 | $97,333 | 7 | $93,286 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 5 | $62,800 | 6 | $100,000 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 1 | $59,000 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Somerset County, PA among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
John | 1,212 | 75.3 years |
Mary | 1,208 | 80.6 years |
William | 721 | 75.0 years |
Charles | 625 | 75.0 years |
Robert | 590 | 70.9 years |
James | 541 | 74.1 years |
George | 514 | 75.5 years |
Anna | 484 | 81.8 years |
Joseph | 472 | 74.9 years |
Margaret | 456 | 81.5 years |
Most common last names in Somerset County, PA among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Miller | 702 | 77.4 years |
Shaffer | 283 | 78.2 years |
Walker | 269 | 78.3 years |
Smith | 222 | 74.0 years |
Brant | 192 | 78.7 years |
Shaulis | 173 | 77.6 years |
Snyder | 162 | 76.0 years |
Baker | 151 | 76.9 years |
Schrock | 145 | 79.4 years |
Bittner | 139 | 77.5 years |
Businesses in Somerset County, PA | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T | 1 | Kroger | 1 | |
Ace Hardware | 2 | La-Z-Boy | 2 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Lane Furniture | 2 | |
Arby's | 1 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Burger King | 2 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 4 | |
CVS | 1 | McDonald's | 3 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Cinnabon | 2 | Penske | 1 | |
Comfort Inn | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Curves | 2 | Quality | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Days Inn | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | Ruby Tuesday | 1 | |
Famous Footwear | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
Fashion Bug | 1 | Starbucks | 3 | |
FedEx | 4 | Subway | 6 | |
Ford | 3 | Super 8 | 1 | |
Goodwill | 2 | T-Mobile | 1 | |
H&R Block | 2 | True Value | 4 | |
Hilton | 1 | U-Haul | 3 | |
Jones New York | 1 | UPS | 3 | |
KFC | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
Knights Inn | 1 | Wendy's | 1 |
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+)"