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.Unlike some towns, Somerville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Somerville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Somerville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerville who work in office and administrative support (18.96%), sales jobs (8.29%), and healthcare (7.58%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.60% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. 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. One downside of living in Somerville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Somerville, the average commute to work is 31.93 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Somerville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.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.
