Kenosha vs Somers

A side-by-side comparison of Kenosha and Somers: population, income, housing, and more.

Kenosha and Somers are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kenosha has the higher population (99,147 vs 8,245 in Somers). Somers has the higher median household income ($78,068 vs $68,532 in Kenosha). Somers has the higher median home value ($287,800 vs $210,500 in Kenosha).

Population, income & housing

	Kenosha	Somers
Population	99,147	8,245
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,532	$78,068
Median home value	$210,500	$287,800
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,400
Housing units	41,998	3,462
Homeownership rate	59.3%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenosha	Somers
Population	99,688 → 99,147 (-0.5%)	8,336 → 8,245 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$55,417 → $68,532 (+23.7%)	$67,560 → $78,068 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $210,500 (+38.0%)	$205,100 → $287,800 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,137 (+25.2%)	$972 → $1,400 (+44.0%)

Kenosha

Population

99,68899,147

Median household income

$55,417$68,532

Median home value

$152,500$210,500

Median gross rent

$908$1,137

Somers

Population

8,3368,245

Median household income

$67,560$78,068

Median home value

$205,100$287,800

Median gross rent

$972$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenosha	Somers
Under 5	5.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	18.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.6%
75 and over	6.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenosha	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	76.9%
Black or African American	9.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.6%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenosha	Somers
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenosha	Somers
Drove alone	79.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenosha	Somers
1-unit, detached	57.6%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	24.7%
20 or more units	8.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Kenosha	Somers
Poverty rate	13.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1968	1984