Plantsville vs Somers

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

Plantsville 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 2,045 in Plantsville). Plantsville has the higher median household income ($107,431 vs $67,203 in Somers). Somers has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $289,500 in Plantsville).

Population, income & housing

	Plantsville	Somers
Population	2,045	2,081
Median age	54.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,431	$67,203
Median home value	$289,500	$379,100
Median gross rent	$1,191	$895
Housing units	1,025	864
Homeownership rate	68.2%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plantsville	Somers
Population	1,692 → 2,045 (+20.9%)	1,948 → 2,081 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$68,242 → $107,431 (+57.4%)	$103,984 → $67,203 (-35.4%)
Median home value	$270,100 → $289,500 (+7.2%)	$269,800 → $379,100 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,191 (+11.1%)	$938 → $895 (-4.6%)

Plantsville

Population

1,6922,045

Median household income

$68,242$107,431

Median home value

$270,100$289,500

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,191

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)

	Plantsville	Somers
Under 5	3.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	29.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	17.3%
55 to 64	26.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.8%
75 and over	14.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plantsville	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	72.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	21.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plantsville	Somers
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plantsville	Somers
Drove alone	93.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	16.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plantsville	Somers
1-unit, detached	56.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	13.3%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Plantsville	Somers
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1984	1971