Oakland vs Somerville

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (9,544 vs 3,439 in Somerville). Oakland has the higher median household income ($89,240 vs $31,063 in Somerville). Somerville has the higher median home value ($301,400 vs $297,300 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Somerville
Population	9,544	3,439
Median age	40.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,240	$31,063
Median home value	$297,300	$301,400
Median gross rent	$1,815	$645
Housing units	3,900	1,392
Homeownership rate	88.1%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Somerville
Population	7,893 → 9,544 (+20.9%)	3,238 → 3,439 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$75,316 → $89,240 (+18.5%)	$24,266 → $31,063 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$185,800 → $297,300 (+60.0%)	$164,200 → $301,400 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,502 → $1,815 (+20.8%)	$548 → $645 (+17.7%)

Oakland

Population

7,8939,544

Median household income

$75,316$89,240

Median home value

$185,800$297,300

Median gross rent

$1,502$1,815

Somerville

Population

3,2383,439

Median household income

$24,266$31,063

Median home value

$164,200$301,400

Median gross rent

$548$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Somerville
Under 5	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.3%
75 and over	6.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	47.1%
Black or African American	23.7%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Somerville
No high school diploma	4.1%	13.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Somerville
Drove alone	69.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	15.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.6%
Other means	4.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Somerville
1-unit, detached	99.7%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	22.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Somerville
Poverty rate	6.2%	32.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	2005	1977