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The median home value in Somerset County, MD is $205,096 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.27% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$205,096
Year-over-Year
+3.27%
National Rank
#1877 of 3071
Somerset County ranks 22nd out of 24 counties in MD by median home price, and is -12.5% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within MD, the typical county has a median home value of $424,676, making Somerset County -51.7% below the MD state median.
Households here earn a median of $64,943 a year against a typical home value of $205,096 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.2×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 32% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Somerset County recorded a violent crime rate of 940 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 3,118 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 6,062 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Somerset County is $205,096. That's up 3.27% from a year earlier. That is about 12.5% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Somerset County the 22nd most expensive of 24 counties in Maryland.
Median household income here is $64,943, so a typical home costs about 3.2× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Somerset County recorded 940 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 6,062 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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