Jolley vs Somers

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

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

Somers has the higher population (154 vs 20 in Jolley). Somers has the higher median household income ($49,464 vs $17,500 in Jolley). Somers has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $21,700 in Jolley).

Population, income & housing

	Jolley	Somers
Population	20	154
Median age	69.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$17,500	$49,464
Median home value	$21,700	$77,500
Median gross rent	—	$765
Housing units	30	59
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jolley	Somers
Population	19 → 20 (+5.3%)	101 → 154 (+52.5%)
Median household income	$65,417 → $17,500 (-73.2%)	$54,167 → $49,464 (-8.7%)
Median home value	—	$45,500 → $77,500 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$731 → $765 (+4.7%)

Jolley

Population

1920

Median household income

$65,417$17,500

Somers

Population

101154

Median household income

$54,167$49,464

Median home value

$45,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$731$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jolley	Somers
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	45.0%	5.8%
75 and over	35.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jolley	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	16.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jolley	Somers
No high school diploma	15.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jolley	Somers
Drove alone	100.0%	69.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jolley	Somers
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Jolley	Somers
Poverty rate	60.0%	40.9%
Average household size	2.00	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1938	1970