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. A relatively large number of people in Somerville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.89% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Somerville. 53.51% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 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. In addition, Somerville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.57%). The most common language spoken in Somerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
