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.Somerset is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Somerset is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerset who work in sales jobs (17.82%), healthcare (14.34%), and management occupations (9.05%). Somerset is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Somerset, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.41% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Somerset has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Somerset a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Somerset is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Somerset, the average commute to work is 36.82 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Somerset is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Somerset citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.92% of adults in Somerset 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.
