Somerset vs Windber

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

Somerset and Windber 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 3,901 in Windber). Windber has the higher median household income ($52,560 vs $41,782 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $99,000 in Windber).

Population, income & housing

	Somerset	Windber
Population	5,984	3,901
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,782	$52,560
Median home value	$144,400	$99,000
Median gross rent	$673	$753
Housing units	3,201	2,188
Homeownership rate	54.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerset	Windber
Population	5,942 → 5,984 (+0.7%)	3,891 → 3,901 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$37,675 → $41,782 (+10.9%)	$35,192 → $52,560 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $144,400 (+28.1%)	$79,500 → $99,000 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $673 (+25.8%)	$585 → $753 (+28.7%)

Somerset

Population

5,9425,984

Median household income

$37,675$41,782

Median home value

$112,700$144,400

Median gross rent

$535$673

Windber

Population

3,8913,901

Median household income

$35,192$52,560

Median home value

$79,500$99,000

Median gross rent

$585$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somerset	Windber
Under 5	6.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.3%	8.2%
75 and over	9.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerset	Windber
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerset	Windber
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerset	Windber
Drove alone	73.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	8.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerset	Windber
1-unit, detached	54.2%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	7.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Somerset	Windber
Poverty rate	19.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1962	1949