Somerset vs Taunton

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

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

Taunton has the higher population (59,719 vs 18,246 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median household income ($111,720 vs $79,715 in Taunton). Somerset has the higher median home value ($389,400 vs $388,200 in Taunton).

Population, income & housing

	Somerset	Taunton
Population	18,246	59,719
Median age	47.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,720	$79,715
Median home value	$389,400	$388,200
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,269
Housing units	7,587	25,098
Homeownership rate	84.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerset	Taunton
Population	18,165 → 18,246 (+0.4%)	57,124 → 59,719 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$84,115 → $111,720 (+32.8%)	$62,865 → $79,715 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$279,200 → $389,400 (+39.5%)	$271,800 → $388,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,132 → $1,313 (+16.0%)	$1,012 → $1,269 (+25.4%)

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

Taunton

Population

57,12459,719

Median household income

$62,865$79,715

Median home value

$271,800$388,200

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somerset	Taunton
Under 5	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.3%
75 and over	12.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerset	Taunton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerset	Taunton
No high school diploma	7.8%	15.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerset	Taunton
Drove alone	84.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerset	Taunton
1-unit, detached	81.8%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Somerset	Taunton
Poverty rate	5.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1961	1964