Somerset vs Thornport

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

Somerset and Thornport 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 1,157 in Thornport). Thornport has the higher median household income ($131,458 vs $49,145 in Somerset). Thornport has the higher median home value ($484,100 vs $190,200 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Somerset	Thornport
Population	1,417	1,157
Median age	33.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,145	$131,458
Median home value	$190,200	$484,100
Median gross rent	$774	—
Housing units	711	625
Homeownership rate	59.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerset	Thornport
Population	1,728 → 1,417 (-18.0%)	997 → 1,157 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$49,516 → $49,145 (-0.7%)	$70,280 → $131,458 (+87.0%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $190,200 (+56.7%)	$316,500 → $484,100 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $774 (+29.0%)	—

Somerset

Population

1,7281,417

Median household income

$49,516$49,145

Median home value

$121,400$190,200

Median gross rent

$600$774

Thornport

Population

9971,157

Median household income

$70,280$131,458

Median home value

$316,500$484,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somerset	Thornport
Under 5	4.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	25.3%	8.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	20.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.4%
45 to 54	3.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	24.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	22.2%
75 and over	10.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerset	Thornport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerset	Thornport
No high school diploma	11.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerset	Thornport
Drove alone	73.9%	70.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	16.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerset	Thornport
1-unit, detached	74.3%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Somerset	Thornport
Poverty rate	19.2%	3.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1956	2001