Somerville is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 817 people and two associated neighborhoods, Somerville is the 315th largest community in Alabama.Somerville is a blue-collar town, with 41.61% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Somerville is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerville who work in office and administrative support (11.29%), food service (8.71%), and sales jobs (8.39%). 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. 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 11.48% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Somerville in 2022 was $24,999, 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 $99,996 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 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.
