Somerville is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 821 people and two associated neighborhoods, Somerville is the 315th largest community in Alabama.
A relatively large number of people in Somerville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.60% 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.
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, Somerville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Somerville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Somerville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.93 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Somerville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Somerville, just 11.17% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Somerville in 2022 was $28,159, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,636 for a family of four. However, Somerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Somerville include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Armenian.
The most common language spoken in Somerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.