Somers vs Whitefish

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

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

Whitefish has the higher population (8,422 vs 1,181 in Somers). Whitefish has the higher median household income ($71,110 vs $56,501 in Somers). Whitefish has the higher median home value ($648,200 vs $477,300 in Somers).

Population, income & housing

	Somers	Whitefish
Population	1,181	8,422
Median age	64.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,501	$71,110
Median home value	$477,300	$648,200
Median gross rent	$1,129	$1,313
Housing units	709	5,079
Homeownership rate	55.4%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somers	Whitefish
Population	1,095 → 1,181 (+7.9%)	7,714 → 8,422 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$76,016 → $56,501 (-25.7%)	$52,037 → $71,110 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $477,300 (+118.5%)	$364,500 → $648,200 (+77.8%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,129 (+24.8%)	$1,014 → $1,313 (+29.5%)

Somers

Population

1,0951,181

Median household income

$76,016$56,501

Median home value

$218,400$477,300

Median gross rent

$905$1,129

Whitefish

Population

7,7148,422

Median household income

$52,037$71,110

Median home value

$364,500$648,200

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somers	Whitefish
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	0.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	40.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	22.6%	13.8%
75 and over	8.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somers	Whitefish
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somers	Whitefish
No high school diploma	23.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	31.2%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somers	Whitefish
Drove alone	45.9%	66.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	54.1%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somers	Whitefish
1-unit, detached	87.4%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Somers	Whitefish
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1980	1987