Somerset County vs Talbot County

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

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

Talbot County has the higher population (37,707 vs 24,685 in Somerset County). Talbot County has the higher median household income ($84,378 vs $52,462 in Somerset County). Talbot County has the higher median home value ($398,300 vs $164,300 in Somerset County).

Population, income & housing

	Somerset County	Talbot County
Population	24,685	37,707
Median age	38.1 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,462	$84,378
Median home value	$164,300	$398,300
Median gross rent	$938	$1,248
Housing units	10,916	19,671
Homeownership rate	68.8%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerset County	Talbot County
Population	25,729 → 24,685 (-4.1%)	37,167 → 37,707 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$37,803 → $52,462 (+38.8%)	$73,547 → $84,378 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $164,300 (+18.1%)	$336,800 → $398,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $938 (+31.0%)	$1,116 → $1,248 (+11.8%)

Somerset County

Population

25,72924,685

Median household income

$37,803$52,462

Median home value

$139,100$164,300

Median gross rent

$716$938

Talbot County

Population

37,16737,707

Median household income

$73,547$84,378

Median home value

$336,800$398,300

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somerset County	Talbot County
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	15.4%
75 and over	6.7%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerset County	Talbot County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	74.2%
Black or African American	37.9%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerset County	Talbot County
No high school diploma	15.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerset County	Talbot County
Drove alone	74.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	4.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.2%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.3%
Other means	2.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerset County	Talbot County
1-unit, detached	68.5%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Somerset County	Talbot County
Poverty rate	20.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1984	1982