Hartselle vs Somerville

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

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

Hartselle has the higher population (15,586 vs 692 in Somerville). Hartselle has the higher median household income ($67,863 vs $44,783 in Somerville). Hartselle has the higher median home value ($192,200 vs $114,100 in Somerville).

Population, income & housing

	Hartselle	Somerville
Population	15,586	692
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,863	$44,783
Median home value	$192,200	$114,100
Median gross rent	$751	$789
Housing units	6,462	352
Homeownership rate	77.2%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartselle	Somerville
Population	14,428 → 15,586 (+8.0%)	547 → 692 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$59,697 → $67,863 (+13.7%)	$36,750 → $44,783 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$148,600 → $192,200 (+29.3%)	$90,800 → $114,100 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $751 (+10.3%)	$594 → $789 (+32.8%)

Hartselle

Population

14,42815,586

Median household income

$59,697$67,863

Median home value

$148,600$192,200

Median gross rent

$681$751

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)

	Hartselle	Somerville
Under 5	6.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartselle	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	7.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartselle	Somerville
No high school diploma	7.8%	24.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartselle	Somerville
Drove alone	86.4%	88.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartselle	Somerville
1-unit, detached	80.2%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	50.6%

Poverty & households

	Hartselle	Somerville
Poverty rate	12.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1982	1988