Martinsville vs Somerville

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

Martinsville 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 12,016 in Martinsville). Martinsville has the higher median household income ($206,839 vs $103,869 in Somerville). Martinsville has the higher median home value ($702,700 vs $403,600 in Somerville).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsville	Somerville
Population	12,016	12,958
Median age	45.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$206,839	$103,869
Median home value	$702,700	$403,600
Median gross rent	$2,183	$1,748
Housing units	4,278	5,726
Homeownership rate	94.5%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.9%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsville	Somerville
Population	11,586 → 12,016 (+3.7%)	12,085 → 12,958 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$156,327 → $206,839 (+32.3%)	$77,104 → $103,869 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$559,800 → $702,700 (+25.5%)	$322,000 → $403,600 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,657 → $2,183 (+31.7%)	$1,388 → $1,748 (+25.9%)

Martinsville

Population

11,58612,016

Median household income

$156,327$206,839

Median home value

$559,800$702,700

Median gross rent

$1,657$2,183

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)

	Martinsville	Somerville
Under 5	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	23.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.9%
75 and over	9.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsville	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	52.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.2%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsville	Somerville
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	11.0%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.8%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsville	Somerville
Drove alone	68.7%	64.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.9%
Public transit	3.6%	2.9%
Walked	0.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	23.5%	15.9%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsville	Somerville
1-unit, detached	90.8%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.6%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Martinsville	Somerville
Poverty rate	0.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1970	1958