Blue Hills vs Somers

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Hills and Somers: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Hills and Somers are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Somers has the higher population (2,081 vs 1,989 in Blue Hills). Somers has the higher median household income ($67,203 vs $62,672 in Blue Hills). Somers has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $199,800 in Blue Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hills	Somers
Population	1,989	2,081
Median age	52.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,672	$67,203
Median home value	$199,800	$379,100
Median gross rent	$783	$895
Housing units	958	864
Homeownership rate	74.3%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hills	Somers
Population	2,913 → 1,989 (-31.7%)	1,948 → 2,081 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$57,569 → $62,672 (+8.9%)	$103,984 → $67,203 (-35.4%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)	$269,800 → $379,100 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $783 (-23.8%)	$938 → $895 (-4.6%)

Blue Hills

Population

2,9131,989

Median household income

$57,569$62,672

Median home value

$155,800$199,800

Median gross rent

$1,028$783

Somers

Population

1,9482,081

Median household income

$103,984$67,203

Median home value

$269,800$379,100

Median gross rent

$938$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Hills	Somers
Under 5	2.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	29.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	27.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.8%
75 and over	11.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hills	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	72.2%
Black or African American	89.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	21.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hills	Somers
No high school diploma	15.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hills	Somers
Drove alone	68.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.5%
Public transit	13.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	16.4%
Other means	8.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hills	Somers
1-unit, detached	82.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	8.9%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hills	Somers
Poverty rate	17.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1956	1971