Burnside vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (12,108 vs 819 in Burnside). Burnside has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $32,910 in Somerset). Burnside has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $140,900 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Burnside	Somerset
Population	819	12,108
Median age	42.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$32,910
Median home value	$173,200	$140,900
Median gross rent	$905	$830
Housing units	424	5,255
Homeownership rate	86.1%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnside	Somerset
Population	843 → 819 (-2.8%)	11,447 → 12,108 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$38,587 → $56,563 (+46.6%)	$29,611 → $32,910 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $173,200 (+42.3%)	$118,800 → $140,900 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $905 (+33.3%)	$657 → $830 (+26.3%)

Burnside

Population

843819

Median household income

$38,587$56,563

Median home value

$121,700$173,200

Median gross rent

$679$905

Somerset

Population

11,44712,108

Median household income

$29,611$32,910

Median home value

$118,800$140,900

Median gross rent

$657$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnside	Somerset
Under 5	3.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	21.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.9%
75 and over	10.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnside	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnside	Somerset
No high school diploma	25.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	40.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnside	Somerset
Drove alone	91.1%	77.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnside	Somerset
1-unit, detached	83.3%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Burnside	Somerset
Poverty rate	21.2%	28.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1972	1975