Somerville is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 14,112 people and six associated neighborhoods, Somerville is the 156th largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Somerville are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.Somerville is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 86.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Somerville is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerville who work in management occupations (11.96%), business and financial occupations (9.90%), and sales jobs (8.58%). Also of interest is that Somerville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.89% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Somerville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Somerville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.51% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Somerville in 2022 was $54,478, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $217,912 for a family of four. However, Somerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Somerville is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Somerville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Somerville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Somerville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.53% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Somerville include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Somerville's cultural character, accounting for 25.57% of the borough’s population. The most common language spoken in Somerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
