Somerset is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,959 people and five associated neighborhoods, Somerset is the 227th largest community in Pennsylvania.Somerset is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Somerset is a borough of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerset who work in healthcare (13.20%), sales jobs (9.34%), and food service (8.55%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.97% 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. 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.In terms of college education, Somerset is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.05% of adults in Somerset have a college degree. The per capita income in Somerset in 2022 was $37,400, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,600 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 Polish. The most common language spoken in Somerset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
