Somerset is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,432 people and two associated neighborhoods, Somerset is the 588th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Somerset 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 California.

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Somerset, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

A relatively large number of people in Somerset telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.41% 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Somerset has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Somerset has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Somerset than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Somerset may be for you.

One downside of living in Somerset, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.82 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Somerset does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Somerset overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Somerset, 23.92% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Somerset in 2022 was $49,723, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $198,892 for a family of four. However, Somerset contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Somerset is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Somerset home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Somerset residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Somerset also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Somerset include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Somerset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.