Somerset County, Maine

Somerset County has a population of 50,959 and has grown 2.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $166,900, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $58,179.

Home price
$166,900
Income
$58,179
Population
50,959
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$166,900county
Median gross rent$910county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198052.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile14.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant23.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use19.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,385county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,266county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,083county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,689county
Home insurance / yr$1,335(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living113(statewide)
Median household income$58,179county
Family health premium / yr$25,568(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,310(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.049(statewide)
Poverty rate14.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.0%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force55.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.9%county
Share of workers employed by government13.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.5%county
Economic output per resident$47,861county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.08%county
Top state income tax7.15%(statewide)
Capital gains tax7.15%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.50%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time28.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service35 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5241county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station64 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.8%county
Traffic deaths47.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0007.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher21.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.2%county
Public schools in the county29county
Public school enrollment5933county
Students per full-time teacher11.3county
Free lunch eligible65.1%county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools4county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution18 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians57county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter5.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year21.1%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population50,959county
Land area in square miles3,924county
People per square mile of land13.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores11county
Convenience stores13county
Share living far from a food store5.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.6%county
Population change since 2020+2.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age47.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.0%county
Share of households that are one person31.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.5%county
Second languages2.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls16.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents135county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in1,493county
Households that moved away1,278county
Average income of arriving households$51,292county
Average income of departing households$46,276county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year110county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings8.2%county
Violent crime rate100(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature41.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation37.7 incounty
Annual snowfall84.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.64 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F4 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing176 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days130 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 18county
Average first fall frostSep 25county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$116county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh19.3¢county
Household electricity use615 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$24.84(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity8.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas0.8%county
Homes heated by propane13.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil58.2%county
Homes heated by wood16.5%county
Households with broadband86.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk61.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk78.8county
Landslide risk76.2county
Hail risk35.0county
Earthquake risk59.4county
Tornado risk16.3county
Tropical cyclone risk85.9county
Extreme heat risk20.9county
Winter weather risk94.9county
Strong wind risk47.4county
Wildfire risk22.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Somerset County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Maine figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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