Somerville vs Williston

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

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

Somerville has the higher population (3,439 vs 490 in Williston). Williston has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $31,063 in Somerville). Somerville has the higher median home value ($301,400 vs $162,500 in Williston).

Population, income & housing

	Somerville	Williston
Population	3,439	490
Median age	35.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,063	$73,750
Median home value	$301,400	$162,500
Median gross rent	$645	$1,118
Housing units	1,392	199
Homeownership rate	44.8%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerville	Williston
Population	3,238 → 3,439 (+6.2%)	449 → 490 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$24,266 → $31,063 (+28.0%)	$49,375 → $73,750 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $301,400 (+83.6%)	$99,400 → $162,500 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $645 (+17.7%)	$950 → $1,118 (+17.7%)

Somerville

Population

3,2383,439

Median household income

$24,266$31,063

Median home value

$164,200$301,400

Median gross rent

$548$645

Williston

Population

449490

Median household income

$49,375$73,750

Median home value

$99,400$162,500

Median gross rent

$950$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somerville	Williston
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	18.6%
75 and over	7.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerville	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	56.9%
Black or African American	48.0%	40.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerville	Williston
No high school diploma	13.6%	13.8%
High school graduate	38.7%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerville	Williston
Drove alone	81.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerville	Williston
1-unit, detached	55.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Somerville	Williston
Poverty rate	32.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1977	1974