Meyersdale vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (5,984 vs 2,058 in Meyersdale). Meyersdale has the higher median household income ($64,545 vs $41,782 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $101,300 in Meyersdale).

Population, income & housing

	Meyersdale	Somerset
Population	2,058	5,984
Median age	48.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,545	$41,782
Median home value	$101,300	$144,400
Median gross rent	$713	$673
Housing units	1,090	3,201
Homeownership rate	74.3%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meyersdale	Somerset
Population	2,043 → 2,058 (+0.7%)	5,942 → 5,984 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$39,696 → $64,545 (+62.6%)	$37,675 → $41,782 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $101,300 (+21.6%)	$112,700 → $144,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $713 (+35.0%)	$535 → $673 (+25.8%)

Meyersdale

Population

2,0432,058

Median household income

$39,696$64,545

Median home value

$83,300$101,300

Median gross rent

$528$713

Somerset

Population

5,9425,984

Median household income

$37,675$41,782

Median home value

$112,700$144,400

Median gross rent

$535$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meyersdale	Somerset
Under 5	3.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	16.5%	16.3%
75 and over	10.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meyersdale	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meyersdale	Somerset
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meyersdale	Somerset
Drove alone	81.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meyersdale	Somerset
1-unit, detached	75.9%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	16.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Meyersdale	Somerset
Poverty rate	11.6%	19.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1962