Somers vs West Simsbury

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

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

West Simsbury has the higher population (2,878 vs 2,081 in Somers). West Simsbury has the higher median household income ($191,042 vs $67,203 in Somers). West Simsbury has the higher median home value ($468,400 vs $379,100 in Somers).

Population, income & housing

	Somers	West Simsbury
Population	2,081	2,878
Median age	43.4 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,203	$191,042
Median home value	$379,100	$468,400
Median gross rent	$895	$2,250
Housing units	864	951
Homeownership rate	85.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	65.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somers	West Simsbury
Population	1,948 → 2,081 (+6.8%)	2,764 → 2,878 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$103,984 → $67,203 (-35.4%)	$124,570 → $191,042 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$269,800 → $379,100 (+40.5%)	$363,200 → $468,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $895 (-4.6%)	$2,107 → $2,250 (+6.8%)

Somers

Population

1,9482,081

Median household income

$103,984$67,203

Median home value

$269,800$379,100

Median gross rent

$938$895

West Simsbury

Population

2,7642,878

Median household income

$124,570$191,042

Median home value

$363,200$468,400

Median gross rent

$2,107$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somers	West Simsbury
Under 5	3.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	29.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	6.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	23.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.3%
75 and over	11.9%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somers	West Simsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	21.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somers	West Simsbury
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somers	West Simsbury
Drove alone	75.5%	67.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.4%	27.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somers	West Simsbury
1-unit, detached	79.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Somers	West Simsbury
Poverty rate	3.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1971	1973