Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Somers are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
4.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. The two grades for Somers are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Somers stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Somers than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Somers fell from 6,931 in 2013 to 3,787 in 2023, −45%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
30% of Somers works in New York City
2,740 working residents, 30%, have their main job in New York City, 46 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Somers itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Somers earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Somers is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #86 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Somers’ grade up ($169,894, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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+.
65% of the jobs in Somers pay over $3,333 a month
3,787 jobs are based in Somers.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 6,931 → 3,787. 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.
30% of working residents work in New York City
Where Somers clocks in
30% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Somers quiets down on a workday
On a workday 8,522 residents head out to work, 648 work right here, and 3,139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Somers on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.41 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.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Somers
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Somers workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,521 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Somers commutes less than 24 miles
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.
Somers is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Somers is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #257 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,595 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 3.4% of Somers households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Somers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Somers is 353rd of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Forks Township PA | 16,879 | $110K | 4.5% | 3.1% | 7% | A |
| 352 | Yorkville IL | 26,730 | $109K | 3.3% | 3.6% | 8% | A |
| 353 | Somers NY | 21,374 | $170K | 4.2% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| 354 | Avon IN | 25,350 | $98K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| 355 | Madison NJ | 16,607 | $171K | 3.2% | 6.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 New York.
Around Somers: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Yorktown (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Somers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers | – | A | A− | 36 min | $169,894 |
| North Salem | under 2% | A+ | A− | 40 min | $178,750 |
| Lewisboro | under 2% | A | B+ | 38 min | $231,953 |
| Bedford | 3% | A− | A | 41 min | $196,034 |
| Yorktown | 4% | A | A | 38 min | $167,091 |
| Golden's Bridge | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| New Castle | under 2% | A+ | A | 45 min | $250,000+ |
| Jefferson Valley-Yorktown | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Carmel | 2% | A− | A− | 41 min | $131,835 |
| Yorktown Heights | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Mahopac | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Golden's Bridge, Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, Yorktown Heights and Mahopac: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$169,894 (±$13,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somers?
4.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Somers?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Somers work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (30%, 46 mi), Yorktown (4%, 6 mi), Greenburgh (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Somers walkable?
Somers is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Somers without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% 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.