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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Somerset is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Somerset is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerset who work in sales jobs (18.93%), management occupations (12.38%), and healthcare (9.53%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Somerset telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.42% 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, 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. One downside of living in Somerset, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.43 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Somerset does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Somerset who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.29% of the adults 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.
