Somerset is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 22,968 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Somerset is the 82nd largest community in New Jersey.Somerset is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.30% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Somerset is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerset who work in management occupations (14.96%), teaching (9.38%), and office and administrative support (9.23%). 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. Of important note, Somerset is also a town of artists. Somerset has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Somerset’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.05% 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. One downside of living in Somerset is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Somerset, the average commute to work is 32.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. For the size of the town, public transportation in Somerset is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Somerset, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.If knowledge is power, Somerset is a pretty powerful place. 58.57% of the adults in Somerset have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Somerset in 2022 was $57,140, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $228,560 for a family of four. However, Somerset contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Somerset is an extremely 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 Black or African-American. Somerset also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.04% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Somerset include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Polish. In addition, Somerset has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.47%). The most common language spoken in Somerset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
