72,134 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.5% since 2020)
1,075 square miles of land · 67 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
34 active community water systems list Somerset County in the area they serve, reporting 54,853 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WINDBER AREA AUTH groundwater · local government · PA4560013 | 9,463 served |
| CONEMAUGH TWP MUNI AUTH surface water · local government · PA4560048 | 7,800 served |
| SOMERSET BORO MUNI WATER AUTH buys surface water · local government · PA4560042 | 6,309 served |
| SOMERSET TWP MUNI AUTH OAKRIDG buys surface water · local government · PA4560046 | 3,800 served |
| SEVEN SPRINGS MUNI AUTH groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · PA4560024 | 3,000 served |
| BOSWELL BORO MUNI AUTH buys surface water · local government · PA4560030 | 2,900 served |
| MEYERSDALE MUNI AUTH surface water · local government · PA4560012 | 2,566 served |
| BERLIN BORO MUNI AUTH groundwater · local government · PA4560029 | 2,468 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 102 people were held in Somerset County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 232 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 123.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
11 school districts have their office in Somerset County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $42.2 million — $37.9 million to run schools, about $18,591 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.9 million local (mostly property tax), $17.7 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.9 million.
Spent $20.6 million — $17.3 million to run schools, about $14,241 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $14.4 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.7 million.
Spent $19.8 million — $18.3 million to run schools, about $18,280 per student, plus $340,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $13.5 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $16,687 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $10.8 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.4 million.
Spent $17.5 million — $15.6 million to run schools, about $20,024 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $11.7 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $13.7 million — $12.6 million to run schools, about $17,416 per student, plus $358,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.8 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $13.7 million — $11.5 million to run schools, about $18,142 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $47,000.
Spent $9.4 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $25,848 per student, plus $121,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.2 million state, $830,000 federal.
And 3 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Somerset County about $21.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
455 bridges in Somerset County: 153 in good condition, 242 fair, and 60 poor (13.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 219 SBL over T685 MILLER ROAD · built 1969 | 5,297 vehicles a day |
| PA 160 over BUFFALO CREEK · built 1900 | 2,013 vehicles a day |
| SR 3029 over MIDDLE CREEK · built 1937 | 1,873 vehicles a day |
| SR 2047 over SWAMP CREEK · built 1921 | 1,370 vehicles a day |
| PA 985 over S FORK BRANCH BENS CREEK · built 1931 | 1,285 vehicles a day |
| T524 SECHLAR ROAD over US 219 · built 1972 | 1,192 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $40.3 million of work in Somerset County in fiscal 2025, about $544 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Pennsylvania are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Somerset County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Somerset County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Bedford County (28 mi) · Allegany County, MD (31 mi) · Westmoreland County (32 mi) · Fayette County (33 mi) · Garrett County, MD (33 mi) · Mineral County, WV (40 mi).