Bliss Corner vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (18,246 vs 5,666 in Bliss Corner). Somerset has the higher median household income ($111,720 vs $73,919 in Bliss Corner). Bliss Corner has the higher median home value ($430,700 vs $389,400 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
Population	5,666	18,246
Median age	45.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,919	$111,720
Median home value	$430,700	$389,400
Median gross rent	$1,186	$1,313
Housing units	2,393	7,587
Homeownership rate	65.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
Population	5,150 → 5,666 (+10.0%)	18,165 → 18,246 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $73,919 (+15.6%)	$84,115 → $111,720 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $430,700 (+34.6%)	$279,200 → $389,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,186 (+43.1%)	$1,132 → $1,313 (+16.0%)

Bliss Corner

Population

5,1505,666

Median household income

$63,958$73,919

Median home value

$320,100$430,700

Median gross rent

$829$1,186

Somerset

Population

18,16518,246

Median household income

$84,115$111,720

Median home value

$279,200$389,400

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
Under 5	1.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.3%
75 and over	8.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
No high school diploma	14.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	36.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
Drove alone	82.7%	84.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
1-unit, detached	56.7%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bliss Corner	Somerset
Poverty rate	7.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1959	1961