Manville vs Somerville

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

Manville 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 10,870 in Manville). Somerville has the higher median household income ($103,869 vs $93,872 in Manville). Somerville has the higher median home value ($403,600 vs $321,100 in Manville).

Population, income & housing

	Manville	Somerville
Population	10,870	12,958
Median age	42.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,872	$103,869
Median home value	$321,100	$403,600
Median gross rent	$1,837	$1,748
Housing units	4,538	5,726
Homeownership rate	72.4%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manville	Somerville
Population	10,230 → 10,870 (+6.3%)	12,085 → 12,958 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$69,625 → $93,872 (+34.8%)	$77,104 → $103,869 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$262,000 → $321,100 (+22.6%)	$322,000 → $403,600 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,837 (+35.6%)	$1,388 → $1,748 (+25.9%)

Manville

Population

10,23010,870

Median household income

$69,625$93,872

Median home value

$262,000$321,100

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,837

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)

	Manville	Somerville
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	23.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	5.9%
75 and over	5.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manville	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	52.2%
Black or African American	8.4%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manville	Somerville
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.6%
High school graduate	38.8%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manville	Somerville
Drove alone	71.0%	64.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	2.9%
Walked	2.9%	5.9%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.9%	15.9%
Other means	1.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manville	Somerville
1-unit, detached	66.2%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	24.9%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manville	Somerville
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1955	1958