The population of Somerset county is estimated at 75,070. In 2017 there were 671 births and 937 deaths in Somerset county. Somerset county has 12,408 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 11,477 that are owned free and clear and 7,205 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Somerset County filed 34,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.023% of the entire nation. Somerset had a combined total federal tax liability of $226,562,000 on earned income of $1,612,744,000. Other notable statistics from Somerset County were 3,800 unemployment claims which collected a total of $19,158,000 and 3,690 charitable contributions valued at $21,493,000. 4,350 filings from Somerset County paid a combined total of $14,291,000 in property taxes and 3,410 filings paid $18,471,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Somerset county had 209 religious congregations with an estimated 45,952 members.
15.7% of the Somerset population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Somerset County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,855 votes.
At $47,950 the median income is 81.0% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 2,046 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Somerset, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Somerset County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,627	Health care and social assistance
3,112	Accommodation and food services
2,854	Manufacturing
2,643	Retail trade
1,755	Food services and drinking places
1,539	Restaurants and other eating places
1,432	Transportation and warehousing
1,357	Accommodation
1,322	Hospitals
1,322	General medical and surgical hospitals
1,322	General medical and surgical hospitals, except government
1,283	Traveler accommodation
1,270	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
1,054	Full-service restaurants
972	Nursing and residential care facilities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.92% in Somerset County.

In 2018 12.50% of listings in Somerset County.

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