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.
One downside of living in Somerville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.93 minutes every day commuting to work.
Somerville 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 rate of college-level education in Somerville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.17% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
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.
