Maryland · Census place 2473350

Somerset, Maryland

Somerset is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland with an estimated 1,203 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 93rd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,203; #93 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020: +1.6%; +19 people
Land area: 0.3 sq mi
Density: 4,296 / sq mi; State median 2,607

Orange pin: Somerset. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

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Somerset population, 2020 to 2024

Somerset added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,187. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Somerset covers 0.28 square miles of land, for 4,296 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Somerset is denser than the typical town.

What county Somerset is in

All of Somerset's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 1,082,273 residents in 2024. Somerset holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Somerset

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Somerset by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 20815. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Somerset is

The Census internal point of Somerset is at 38.966600, -77.096300. Annapolis, the capital, is 32.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chevy Chase Village, MD (2,071 people), 0.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 6.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.966600, -77.096300
DMS: 38°57'59.76"N 77°05'46.68"W
UTM: 18N 318383.8E 4315160.0N
Geohash: dqcjttshy
Plus code: 87C4XW83+JF

Daylight in Somerset

At 38.97° N, Somerset gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Somerset

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Chevy Chase Village, 0.9 miles away, with 2,071 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Somerset, MD?

1,203 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 19 (1.6%) from 1,184 in July 2020.

What county is Somerset in?

Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Somerset?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20815.

How far is Somerset from Annapolis?

32.5 miles (52.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Somerset.

What is the nearest larger city to Somerset?

Chevy Chase Village, MD, with 2,071 residents, 0.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.