Moving to Somerset, Massachusetts
About Somerset, Massachusetts

Somerset is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,303 at the 2020 census. It is the birthplace and hometown of Clifford Milburn Holland (1883–1924), the chief engineer and namesake of the Holland Tunnel in New York City.
Somerset is a part of the South Coast region of Massachusetts which encompasses the communities that surround Buzzards Bay (excluding the Elizabeth Islands, Bourne and Falmouth), Mount Hope Bay and the Sakonnet River.
Gender
Gender | Somerset | Massachusetts | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 51.3% | 51.5% | 50.8% |
Male | 48.7% | 48.5% | 49.2% |
Gender
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
Income | Somerset | Massachusetts | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 2.7% | 5% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 7.1% | 6.8% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 6.3% | 6.4% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 6% | 9% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 14.4% | 13.9% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 19.6% | 12% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 22.4% | 18% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 10.2% | 10.6% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 8.3% | 14.2% | 8.3% |
Education
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Education | Somerset | Massachusetts | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | 4% | 3% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 5% | 5% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 30% | 24% | 27.0% |
Other College | 18% | 15% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 13% | 8% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 21% | 25% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 7% | 14% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 1% | 3% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 1% | 3% | 1.0% |
Household Income
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Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
Ethnicity | Somerset | Massachusetts | Country |
---|---|---|---|
White | 95.3% | 70.8% | 60.1% |
African American | 0.7% | 6.8% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Asian | 0.7% | 6.7% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
Other | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 1.3% | 2.7% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 1.9% | 12% | 18.2% |
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