Bound Brook vs Somerville

A side-by-side comparison of Bound Brook and Somerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bound Brook and Somerville are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Somerville has the higher population (12,958 vs 12,023 in Bound Brook). Somerville has the higher median household income ($103,869 vs $80,876 in Bound Brook). Somerville has the higher median home value ($403,600 vs $362,900 in Bound Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Bound Brook	Somerville
Population	12,023	12,958
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,876	$103,869
Median home value	$362,900	$403,600
Median gross rent	$1,842	$1,748
Housing units	4,783	5,726
Homeownership rate	41.8%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bound Brook	Somerville
Population	10,288 → 12,023 (+16.9%)	12,085 → 12,958 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$70,540 → $80,876 (+14.7%)	$77,104 → $103,869 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$273,700 → $362,900 (+32.6%)	$322,000 → $403,600 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,443 → $1,842 (+27.7%)	$1,388 → $1,748 (+25.9%)

Bound Brook

Population

10,28812,023

Median household income

$70,540$80,876

Median home value

$273,700$362,900

Median gross rent

$1,443$1,842

Somerville

Population

12,08512,958

Median household income

$77,104$103,869

Median home value

$322,000$403,600

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bound Brook	Somerville
Under 5	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	23.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.9%
75 and over	5.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bound Brook	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	52.2%
Black or African American	6.4%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bound Brook	Somerville
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bound Brook	Somerville
Drove alone	65.2%	64.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	7.9%
Public transit	4.1%	2.9%
Walked	0.9%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.9%
Other means	6.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bound Brook	Somerville
1-unit, detached	41.2%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bound Brook	Somerville
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1955	1958