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A town of 21,374, settled in 1811.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Somers grades A overall, 83rd among New York's 745 graded towns. On CDC health estimates it is near the top nationally. The median household earns $170K and its schools rank ahead of 85% of New York towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $646K for a typical one and 6.5 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Somers, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Somers has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Elephant Hotel and Somers Town House. Somers is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 82% of U.S. towns.
Where Somers beats most towns.
Elephant Hotel is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,297 in 1790, a low of 1,117 in 1920, 21,541 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1820 and 5 maps from 1892 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Somers is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Somers. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw38 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw40 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw38 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Somers, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Somers.
Somers has less food insecurity than most of New York and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of New York; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
46 miles of trail in 16 parks and preserves. Somers’ trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Alfred B. DelBello Muscoot Farm, 1,575 acres with 5.6 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alfred B. DelBello Muscoot Farm | 5.6 mi | 1,575 |
| 2. Angle Fly Unit | 3.6 mi | 264 |
| 3. Angle Fly Preserve | 3.5 mi | 463 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $646K.
Its public schools are run by the Somers Central School District. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Somers Senior High School, with 847 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Intermediate SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 560 | A− |
| Somers Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 847 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 6% of its 8,097 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
22% of Somers adults have obesity. Somers beats the New York average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 16% of Somers adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Somers | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 33% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Somers | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 28 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Somers.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 6,931 in 2013 to 3,787.
Most working residents leave Somers for work: only 7% work in town. The average trip to work in Somers is 36 minutes. Since 2013, Somers has lost 3,144 jobs, to 3,787 in 2023.
| Somers | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $170,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 22% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Yorktown Hts 1w weather station, 5 miles away, records that 40 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 75% of New York places with climate records.
Somers has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84° and January nights drop to 20°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 6.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 84% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
89% of households own their home in Somers.
| Somers | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 89% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Somers
About 4 of every 100 Somers residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
16.9% of the town is conserved land, across 16 parks and preserves.
7 places in Somers on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Somers.
Town in New York, United States
Somers is a town located in northern Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 21,541. The nearby Metro-North Commuter Railroad provides service to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, with an average commute time of 65 to 75 minutes from stations at Purdys, Goldens Bridge, Croton Falls, and Katonah.
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10 towns share a border with Somers.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its A; North Salem (A+) is closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers | #83 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| North Salem | #48 | A+ | C− | — | A− | A+ |
| Lewisboro | #8 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| Bedford | #31 | A+ | D− | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Yorktown | #46 | A+ | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| Golden's Bridge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Castle | #42 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Jefferson Valley-Yorktown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Somers, North Salem and New Castle report no FBI crime data of their own. Golden's Bridge and Jefferson Valley-Yorktown aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Somers with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Somers grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #83 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $646,000, 23% above the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
4 notable people were born here, including Brian Span and Andrew Mittendorf.
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