Somerville is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,712 people and six associated neighborhoods, Somerville is the 156th largest community in New Jersey.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Somerville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. 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 (10.57%), business and financial occupations (10.08%), and sales jobs (8.41%). 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: 12.09% 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 have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Somerville. 53.79% 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 $51,250, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $205,000 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 22.60% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Somerville include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English. In addition, Somerville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.22%). The most common language spoken in Somerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
