Raynham Center vs Somerset

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

Raynham 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 4,871 in Raynham Center). Raynham Center has the higher median household income ($120,913 vs $111,720 in Somerset). Raynham Center has the higher median home value ($510,800 vs $389,400 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Raynham Center	Somerset
Population	4,871	18,246
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,913	$111,720
Median home value	$510,800	$389,400
Median gross rent	$1,738	$1,313
Housing units	1,768	7,587
Homeownership rate	69.9%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raynham Center	Somerset
Population	4,923 → 4,871 (-1.1%)	18,165 → 18,246 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$99,760 → $120,913 (+21.2%)	$84,115 → $111,720 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$348,900 → $510,800 (+46.4%)	$279,200 → $389,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $1,738 (-0.7%)	$1,132 → $1,313 (+16.0%)

Raynham Center

Population

4,9234,871

Median household income

$99,760$120,913

Median home value

$348,900$510,800

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,738

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)

	Raynham Center	Somerset
Under 5	7.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.3%
75 and over	5.4%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raynham Center	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raynham Center	Somerset
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	23.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raynham Center	Somerset
Drove alone	77.6%	84.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.9%
Public transit	8.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	10.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raynham Center	Somerset
1-unit, detached	70.4%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Raynham Center	Somerset
Poverty rate	12.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1974	1961