Somerset is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,870 people and five associated neighborhoods, Somerset is the 227th largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some boroughs, Somerset isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Somerset are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Somerset is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerset who work in sales jobs (15.40%), healthcare (13.44%), and management occupations (9.23%). Also of interest is that Somerset has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.18% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.68 minutes getting to work every day. Somerset is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Somerset citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.99% of adults in Somerset have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Somerset in 2022 was $39,997, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,988 for a family of four. However, Somerset contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Somerset home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Somerset residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Somerset include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Somerset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
