New Straitsville vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (1,417 vs 682 in New Straitsville). New Straitsville has the higher median household income ($53,203 vs $49,145 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median home value ($190,200 vs $61,000 in New Straitsville).

Population, income & housing

	New Straitsville	Somerset
Population	682	1,417
Median age	43.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,203	$49,145
Median home value	$61,000	$190,200
Median gross rent	$392	$774
Housing units	319	711
Homeownership rate	60.4%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Straitsville	Somerset
Population	632 → 682 (+7.9%)	1,728 → 1,417 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$38,355 → $53,203 (+38.7%)	$49,516 → $49,145 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $61,000 (-8.7%)	$121,400 → $190,200 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $392 (-27.1%)	$600 → $774 (+29.0%)

New Straitsville

Population

632682

Median household income

$38,355$53,203

Median home value

$66,800$61,000

Median gross rent

$538$392

Somerset

Population

1,7281,417

Median household income

$49,516$49,145

Median home value

$121,400$190,200

Median gross rent

$600$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Straitsville	Somerset
Under 5	1.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	25.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	20.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	21.6%	3.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.6%
75 and over	1.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Straitsville	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Straitsville	Somerset
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Straitsville	Somerset
Drove alone	84.3%	73.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Straitsville	Somerset
1-unit, detached	68.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	New Straitsville	Somerset
Poverty rate	18.9%	19.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1944	1956