† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSomersetNew JerseyUnited States
Italian9.3%13.7%4.8%
Irish7.8%12.1%9.4%
German6.4%8.6%12.5%
Polish4.4%4.6%2.2%
English3.8%4.9%9.5%
American2.4%3.3%5.3%
Russian1.2%1.3%—
Hungarian0.9%——
African American†20.4%8.6%9.9%
Jamaican2.8%0.8%0.4%
African1.5%0.5%0.5%
Haitian1.2%0.7%0.3%
Nigerian0.6%0.4%0.2%
Ghanaian0.6%——
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.6%0.2%—
Guyanese0.6%0.2%—
Asian Indian13.1%4.6%1.4%
Chinese5.1%1.6%1.3%
Filipino1.9%1.3%0.9%
Pakistani0.8%0.4%—
Korean0.7%1.1%0.4%
Taiwanese0.4%——
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Sri Lankan0.2%——
Puerto Rican1.9%5.1%1.8%
Mexican1.4%2.6%11.3%
Dominican1.4%4.0%0.7%
Colombian1.1%1.7%0.4%
Guatemalan0.9%—0.5%
Ecuadorian0.8%1.7%—
Costa Rican0.7%——
Salvadoran0.7%0.8%0.7%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Somerset
New Jersey
United States
Median age
41.3
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Somerset
New Jersey
United States
Median household income
$121,028
$103,556
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.5%
9.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
62.0%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Somerset
New Jersey
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
32.3%
33.2%
22.3%
Spanish
6.4%
17.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
9.9%
5.6%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.6%
1.6%
1.1%
Other languages
2.7%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Somerset
New Jersey
United States
Catholic
—
32.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Somerset, New Jersey
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+35.9%
2008
+44.3%
2012
+48.9%
2016
+48.5%
2020
+50.7%
2024
+42.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.7%Harris8,154
27.1%Trump3,173
3.2%
D+42.6
R+8.1
D+44.0
11,700
D
75.0%Biden9,332
24.4%Trump3,031
0.6%
D+50.7
D+2.1
D+46.2
12,439
D
72.7%Clinton7,970
24.2%Trump2,650
3.1%
D+48.5
R+0.4
D+46.5
10,958
D
73.8%Obama7,894
24.8%Romney2,659
1.4%
D+48.9
D+4.6
D+45.1
10,701
D
71.7%Obama7,615
27.4%McCain2,909
0.9%
D+44.3
D+8.4
D+37.0
10,621
D
67.6%Kerry6,375
31.7%Bush2,987
0.8%
D+35.9
—
D+38.4
9,433
Somerset CDP sits within Franklin Township and lacks an incorporated government, meaning its residents vote in township-level races rather than any Somerset-specific contest. Its population skews younger and more diverse than the surrounding suburban corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.6 points.
A population of 22,720, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $121,028 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin Park and Edgewater.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Somerset, New Jersey voted Democratic by 42.6 points (D+42.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,700 votes cast, 8,154 went Democratic and 3,173 went Republican.
How many people live in Somerset, New Jersey?
Somerset, New Jersey has a population of 22,720 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Somerset, New Jersey?
Median household income in Somerset, New Jersey is $121,028 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Somerset, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Somerset, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
