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!) Somerville 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. Somerville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Somerville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Somerville may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Somerville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Somerville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 13.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Somerville in 2022 was $22,924, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,696 for a family of four. However, Somerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Somerville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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 English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Somerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
