Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Somers’ household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.7% (Connecticut 10.0%). Somers grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in ten work in Somers itself; outside it, Enfield draws the most (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Somers’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Somers is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #30 of 155 in Connecticut. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Somers could be anywhere from A− to A+.
A workday in Somers: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,119 residents head out to work, 499 work right here, and 1,326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,100 people are in Somers on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Somers ends
Where Somers clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Somers
1,825 jobs are based in Somers.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 1,922 → 1,825. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Somers’ commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Somers workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,030 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Somers
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Somers gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Somers is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #131 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Somers near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,809 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Somers households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Somers’ commuters take a bus or train.
359th of 2,507: where Somers ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Oxford CT | 13,311 | $129K | 4.0% | 2.3% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 194 | Orange CT | 14,416 | $142K | 3.9% | 3.3% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 357 | Williston VT | 9,975 | $107K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 17% | A |
| 358 | Ross Township OH | 9,073 | $94K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 7% | A |
| 359 | Somers CT | 10,938 | $125K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 11% | A |
| 360 | Minnetrista MN | 9,458 | $163K | 8.8% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| 361 | Kearney MO | 11,296 | $104K | 3.6% | 2.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Somers, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Work next door: 12% of Somers’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Somers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers | – | A | C | 28 min | $124,705 |
| Enfield | 10% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $90,404 |
| Ellington | 2% | A+ | C+ | 31 min | $129,913 |
| Stafford | under 2% | B | D | 26 min | $93,235 |
| Hazardville | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Crystal Lake | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hazardville and Crystal Lake: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Enfield. Darker towns draw more of Somers’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Somers: questions
What is the median household income in Somers?
$124,705 (±$14,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somers?
2.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Somers?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Somers work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Enfield (10%, 5 mi), Springfield (9%, 10 mi), Hartford (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Somers walkable?
Somers is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Somers without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Somers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somers
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.