A blue-collar Pennsylvania corridor where margins have shifted sharply since 2008
Somerset County anchors a largely rural, coal-and-timber economy where white working-class voters have driven some of Pennsylvania's steepest partisan swings over the past three election cycles.
| Group | Somerset, PA | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 95.3% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(6) | 2.3% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(9) | 1.1% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 0.8% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(4) | 0.3% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(2) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -12.2pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.0% | 40.1% | — | — | |
| 15.9% | 31.8% | — | — | |
| 12.0% | 24.1% | — | — | |
| 1.9% | 3.7% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 1.3% | — | — |
| 0.1% | 0.3% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 50.1% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Somerset, PA metro area? 306,733 residents across 4 counties.
15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 18pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+28 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+57.2 | R+52.9 | 4.3pp |