Somerset is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,434 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.

Also of interest is that Somerset 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: 20.42% 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.

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.

In Somerset, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Somerset does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Somerset is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.29% of adults 25 and older in Somerset have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Somerset in 2022 was $43,764, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,056 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 12.98% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Somerset include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Somerset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.