Somers vs Weatogue

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

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

Weatogue has the higher population (2,851 vs 2,081 in Somers). Weatogue has the higher median household income ($174,286 vs $67,203 in Somers). Weatogue has the higher median home value ($414,100 vs $379,100 in Somers).

Population, income & housing

	Somers	Weatogue
Population	2,081	2,851
Median age	43.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,203	$174,286
Median home value	$379,100	$414,100
Median gross rent	$895	$1,938
Housing units	864	1,149
Homeownership rate	85.3%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	77.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somers	Weatogue
Population	1,948 → 2,081 (+6.8%)	2,738 → 2,851 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$103,984 → $67,203 (-35.4%)	$133,393 → $174,286 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$269,800 → $379,100 (+40.5%)	$322,200 → $414,100 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $895 (-4.6%)	$1,484 → $1,938 (+30.6%)

Somers

Population

1,9482,081

Median household income

$103,984$67,203

Median home value

$269,800$379,100

Median gross rent

$938$895

Weatogue

Population

2,7382,851

Median household income

$133,393$174,286

Median home value

$322,200$414,100

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somers	Weatogue
Under 5	3.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	29.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	6.5%	23.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.4%
75 and over	11.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somers	Weatogue
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	21.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somers	Weatogue
No high school diploma	2.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somers	Weatogue
Drove alone	75.5%	65.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	24.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somers	Weatogue
1-unit, detached	79.1%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Somers	Weatogue
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1971	1969