Salmon Brook vs Somers

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

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

Salmon Brook has the higher population (2,229 vs 2,081 in Somers). Salmon Brook has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $67,203 in Somers). Somers has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $312,400 in Salmon Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Salmon Brook	Somers
Population	2,229	2,081
Median age	52.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$67,203
Median home value	$312,400	$379,100
Median gross rent	$1,000	$895
Housing units	1,128	864
Homeownership rate	82.9%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salmon Brook	Somers
Population	2,294 → 2,229 (-2.8%)	1,948 → 2,081 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$96,932 → $77,500 (-20.0%)	$103,984 → $67,203 (-35.4%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $312,400 (+21.8%)	$269,800 → $379,100 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,000 (-6.4%)	$938 → $895 (-4.6%)

Salmon Brook

Population

2,2942,229

Median household income

$96,932$77,500

Median home value

$256,400$312,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,000

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)

	Salmon Brook	Somers
Under 5	3.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.2%	29.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	17.3%
55 to 64	19.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.8%
75 and over	11.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salmon Brook	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	21.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salmon Brook	Somers
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salmon Brook	Somers
Drove alone	70.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	16.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salmon Brook	Somers
1-unit, detached	66.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Salmon Brook	Somers
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1974	1971