Homeownership Rate in Somerset County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
74.3%
Rank #1,654/3,222 · #9 in NJ
49th
Somerset 74.3%
NJ 63.8% +16.4%
US 64.4% +15.4%
Homeownership Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Homeownership Change
National Distribution
How Somerset County's homeownership rate of 74.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 96.1%.
Distribution of Homeownership Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Somerset County for homeownership rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,651 | Highland County, OH | 74.3% |
| #1,652 | Monroe County, MO | 74.3% |
| #1,653 | Livingston County, IL | 74.3% |
| #1,654 | Somerset County, NJ | 74.3% |
| #1,655 | Rooks County, KS | 74.3% |
| #1,656 | Rio Blanco County, CO | 74.3% |
| #1,657 | Morris County, NJ | 74.3% |
About Homeownership Rate
Somerset County, New Jersey has a homeownership rate of 74.3%, ranking #1,654 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.4% above the national value of 64.4%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #9 of 21. This places it in the 49th percentile nationally.
Percentage of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.