Garrett Park vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (1,020 vs 872 in Garrett Park). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Somerset has the higher median home value ($1,820,800 vs $994,200 in Garrett Park).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett Park	Somerset
Population	872	1,020
Median age	52.7 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$994,200	$1,820,800
Median gross rent	$2,750	$3,501
Housing units	331	381
Homeownership rate	95.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.1%	94.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett Park	Somerset
Population	873 → 872 (-0.1%)	1,090 → 1,020 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$187,778 → $250,001 (+33.1%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$823,300 → $994,200 (+20.8%)	$1,475,800 → $1,820,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $2,750 (+75.4%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Garrett Park

Population

873872

Median household income

$187,778$250,001

Median home value

$823,300$994,200

Median gross rent

$1,568$2,750

Somerset

Population

1,0901,020

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,475,800$1,820,800

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrett Park	Somerset
Under 5	4.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	27.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	4.0%	1.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	21.0%
55 to 64	20.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	12.3%
75 and over	10.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett Park	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett Park	Somerset
No high school diploma	0.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	1.7%	2.2%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	3.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	60.4%	68.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett Park	Somerset
Drove alone	31.3%	21.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	1.4%
Public transit	9.3%	15.7%
Walked	0.9%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	55.6%	46.1%
Other means	1.5%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett Park	Somerset
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garrett Park	Somerset
Poverty rate	0.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1952	1955