Falkville vs Somerville

A side-by-side comparison of Falkville and Somerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Falkville and Somerville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falkville has the higher population (1,464 vs 692 in Somerville). Somerville has the higher median household income ($44,783 vs $43,145 in Falkville). Falkville has the higher median home value ($118,300 vs $114,100 in Somerville).

Population, income & housing

	Falkville	Somerville
Population	1,464	692
Median age	56.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,145	$44,783
Median home value	$118,300	$114,100
Median gross rent	$666	$789
Housing units	512	352
Homeownership rate	79.5%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falkville	Somerville
Population	1,348 → 1,464 (+8.6%)	547 → 692 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $43,145 (+0.8%)	$36,750 → $44,783 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $118,300 (+36.3%)	$90,800 → $114,100 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $666 (-3.8%)	$594 → $789 (+32.8%)

Falkville

Population

1,3481,464

Median household income

$42,813$43,145

Median home value

$86,800$118,300

Median gross rent

$692$666

Somerville

Population

547692

Median household income

$36,750$44,783

Median home value

$90,800$114,100

Median gross rent

$594$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falkville	Somerville
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	6.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.2%
65 to 74	22.7%	11.0%
75 and over	16.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falkville	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	91.8%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	5.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falkville	Somerville
No high school diploma	13.6%	24.4%
High school graduate	45.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falkville	Somerville
Drove alone	89.3%	88.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falkville	Somerville
1-unit, detached	82.0%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	50.6%

Poverty & households

	Falkville	Somerville
Poverty rate	14.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1972	1988