Mansfield Center vs Somerset

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

Mansfield Center 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 7,232 in Mansfield Center). Somerset has the higher median household income ($111,720 vs $101,546 in Mansfield Center). Mansfield Center has the higher median home value ($449,200 vs $389,400 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
Population	7,232	18,246
Median age	42.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,546	$111,720
Median home value	$449,200	$389,400
Median gross rent	$1,601	$1,313
Housing units	3,406	7,587
Homeownership rate	61.4%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
Population	7,905 → 7,232 (-8.5%)	18,165 → 18,246 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$92,642 → $101,546 (+9.6%)	$84,115 → $111,720 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$347,400 → $449,200 (+29.3%)	$279,200 → $389,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,601 (+27.4%)	$1,132 → $1,313 (+16.0%)

Mansfield Center

Population

7,9057,232

Median household income

$92,642$101,546

Median home value

$347,400$449,200

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,601

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)

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.3%
75 and over	5.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
Drove alone	71.7%	84.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.9%
Public transit	3.7%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	10.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
1-unit, detached	45.2%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	12.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Mansfield Center	Somerset
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1958	1961