Somerset County vs Waldo County

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

Somerset County and Waldo County are counties in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Somerset County has the higher population (50,852 vs 40,006 in Waldo County). Waldo County has the higher median household income ($68,441 vs $56,199 in Somerset County). Waldo County has the higher median home value ($239,100 vs $155,200 in Somerset County).

Population, income & housing

	Somerset County	Waldo County
Population	50,852	40,006
Median age	46.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,199	$68,441
Median home value	$155,200	$239,100
Median gross rent	$887	$969
Housing units	30,009	22,118
Homeownership rate	77.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerset County	Waldo County
Population	50,520 → 50,852 (+0.7%)	39,539 → 40,006 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$44,256 → $56,199 (+27.0%)	$51,931 → $68,441 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $155,200 (+34.1%)	$163,000 → $239,100 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $887 (+21.8%)	$814 → $969 (+19.0%)

Somerset County

Population

50,52050,852

Median household income

$44,256$56,199

Median home value

$115,700$155,200

Median gross rent

$728$887

Waldo County

Population

39,53940,006

Median household income

$51,931$68,441

Median home value

$163,000$239,100

Median gross rent

$814$969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somerset County	Waldo County
Under 5	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	15.6%
75 and over	8.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerset County	Waldo County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerset County	Waldo County
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	41.4%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerset County	Waldo County
Drove alone	77.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	15.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerset County	Waldo County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Somerset County	Waldo County
Poverty rate	15.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1977	1983