Ohio · Census place 3972977

Somerset, Ohio

Somerset is a village in Perry County, Ohio with an estimated 1,483 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 453rd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,483
#453 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+2 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,268 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Somerset. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Somerset population, 2020 to 2024

Somerset added 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

1,48120201,47820211,47320221,47420231,4832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,482. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Somerset covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 1,268 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Somerset is less dense than the typical town.

What county Somerset is in

All of Somerset's residents live in Perry County, which had 35,682 residents in 2024. Somerset holds 4.2% 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 village's land: 43783. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Somerset is

The Census internal point of Somerset is at 39.806600, -82.299600. Columbus, the capital, is 38.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Lexington, OH (4,463 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 38.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.806600, -82.299600
DMS
39°48'23.76"N 82°17'58.56"W
UTM
17N 388752.5E 4407099.9N
Geohash
dpj6rnx62
Plus code
86FVRP42+J5

Daylight in Somerset

At 39.81° N, Somerset gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is New Lexington, 7.9 miles away, with 4,463 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Somerset, OH?

1,483 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2 (0.1%) from 1,481 in July 2020.

What county is Somerset in?

Perry 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: 43783.

How far is Somerset from Columbus?

38.7 miles (62.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Somerset.

What is the nearest larger city to Somerset?

New Lexington, OH, with 4,463 residents, 8.0 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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