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New Jersey·Somerset County
5 tracts·17K people·$439K median·2,696/mi²
White 33 · Black 28 · Asian 23 · Hispanic 12 · Multiracial 4 · Other 1
Married couple 47 · Living alone 32 · Other 21
Health 48 · Professional 15 · Retail 15 · Leisure 12 · Public admin 5 · Manufacturing 3 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 61 · Sales · office 17 · Production · transport 10 · Service 9 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 66 · Work from home 20 · Carpool 11 · Transit 6 · Walk 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Somerset is $438,800 (Census ACS) — 1.0× the US median of $458,812.
Somerset has 22,720 residents across 3 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 41.3; the population is 32.7% White, 28.1% Black, 23.1% Asian, 11.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Multiracial and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 62.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 4.5% (Census ACS).
Conerly Road School (55%), MacAfee Road School (51%) and Hillcrest School (28%) lead the elementary schools; Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus (34%) and Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus (27%) lead the middle schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $2,121/month, 34% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Somerset is $121,028 a year, 41% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Somerset, median rent is $2,121/month and the median home value is $438,800 (Census ACS).
Summer highs average 85°F; winter lows average 25°F; there are 77 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 49 inches; snowfall averages 29 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Somerset are inland flooding (93), winter weather (85) and ice storm (78), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.32g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Somerset, 0.9% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).