Somers vs Suffield Depot

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

Somers and Suffield Depot 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 1,947 in Suffield Depot). Somers has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $377,500 in Suffield Depot). Since 2019, Suffield Depot's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs +6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Somers	Suffield Depot
Population	2,081	1,947
Median age	43.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,203	—
Median home value	$379,100	$377,500
Median gross rent	$895	$1,396
Housing units	864	802
Homeownership rate	85.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somers	Suffield Depot
Population	1,948 → 2,081 (+6.8%)	1,227 → 1,947 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$103,984 → $67,203 (-35.4%)	$77,917 → $83,926 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$269,800 → $379,100 (+40.5%)	$344,600 → $377,500 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $895 (-4.6%)	$1,175 → $1,396 (+18.8%)

Somers

Population

1,9482,081

Median household income

$103,984$67,203

Median home value

$269,800$379,100

Median gross rent

$938$895

Suffield Depot

Population

1,2271,947

Median household income

$77,917$83,926

Median home value

$344,600$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somers	Suffield Depot
Under 5	3.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	29.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	24.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	1.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	17.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	27.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.6%
75 and over	11.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somers	Suffield Depot
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	86.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	21.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somers	Suffield Depot
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	26.8%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somers	Suffield Depot
Drove alone	75.5%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	22.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somers	Suffield Depot
1-unit, detached	79.1%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Somers	Suffield Depot
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1971	1985