Fontana vs Somerset

A side-by-side comparison of Fontana and Somerset: population, income, housing, and more.

Fontana and Somerset are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fontana has the higher population (447 vs 43 in Somerset). Since 2019, Fontana's population has grown faster (+39.7% vs -66.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana	Somerset
Population	447	43
Median age	16.9 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	—
Median home value	$116,600	—
Housing units	112	32
Homeownership rate	85.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana	Somerset
Population	320 → 447 (+39.7%)	128 → 43 (-66.4%)
Median household income	$64,417 → $50,625 (-21.4%)	—
Median home value	$90,800 → $116,600 (+28.4%)	—

Fontana

Population

320447

Median household income

$64,417$50,625

Median home value

$90,800$116,600

Somerset

Population

12843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana	Somerset
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	45.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	37.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	2.9%	25.6%
65 to 74	4.0%	37.2%
75 and over	2.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	62.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	37.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana	Somerset
No high school diploma	28.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana	Somerset
Drove alone	64.7%	59.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	40.7%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana	Somerset
1-unit, detached	76.8%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	50.0%

Poverty & households

	Fontana	Somerset
Poverty rate	41.7%	0.0%
Average household size	4.18	1.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1990	—