Somerset vs Somerville

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (23,851 vs 12,958 in Somerville). Somerset has the higher median household income ($113,603 vs $103,869 in Somerville). Somerset has the higher median home value ($408,600 vs $403,600 in Somerville).

Population, income & housing

	Somerset	Somerville
Population	23,851	12,958
Median age	40.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$113,603	$103,869
Median home value	$408,600	$403,600
Median gross rent	$2,050	$1,748
Housing units	10,036	5,726
Homeownership rate	73.1%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerset	Somerville
Population	24,509 → 23,851 (-2.7%)	12,085 → 12,958 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$96,197 → $113,603 (+18.1%)	$77,104 → $103,869 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$315,900 → $408,600 (+29.3%)	$322,000 → $403,600 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,629 → $2,050 (+25.8%)	$1,388 → $1,748 (+25.9%)

Somerset

Population

24,50923,851

Median household income

$96,197$113,603

Median home value

$315,900$408,600

Median gross rent

$1,629$2,050

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)

	Somerset	Somerville
Under 5	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	23.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.9%
75 and over	7.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerset	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	52.2%
Black or African American	30.6%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	21.3%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerset	Somerville
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerset	Somerville
Drove alone	69.7%	64.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.9%
Public transit	6.7%	2.9%
Walked	0.6%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.1%	15.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerset	Somerville
1-unit, detached	48.3%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	24.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	10.9%
20 or more units	10.3%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Somerset	Somerville
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1980	1958