Somers has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 52% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #279 of 362 in Wisconsin.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns · #230 of 362 in Wisconsin.
Household incomes here are higher than in 57% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Somers; the top destination outside it is Kenosha (27%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Somers
Somers and Kenosha trade workers both ways
Kenosha is the top workplace for Somers residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Somers come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Somers’ working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Wisconsin average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Somers are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Somers’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Somers’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Somers is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #279 of 362 in Wisconsin. Job access by car holds Somers’ grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Somers could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
27% of working residents work in Kenosha
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Somers clocks in
27% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Somers workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,399 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 2,136 jobs in Somers are
2,136 jobs are based in Somers. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 2,064 → 2,136. 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.
Somers quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,780 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 2,036 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Somers on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.55 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.
Half of Somers commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Somers start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Somers is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #230 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,698 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 0.0 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). 3.9% of Somers households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Somers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Somers is 1,685th of 3,007 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Somers, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 17 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,683 | Oak Island NC | 9,337 | $86K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 16% | B− |
| 1,684 | Blanchard OK | 10,013 | $91K | 7.9% | 10.1% | 10% | B− |
| 1,685 | Somers WI | 8,171 | $80K | 8.7% | 8.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,686 | Granby NY | 6,528 | $79K | 13.8% | 3.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,687 | Hughson CA | 8,051 | $92K | 13.9% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
32% of Somers works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Kenosha (27%). Darker towns draw more of Somers’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Somers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers | – | B− | C+ | 25 min | $80,488 |
| Kenosha | 27% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $71,239 |
| Paris | under 2% | A | C− | 22 min | $106,719 |
| Mount Pleasant | 5% | A− | B− | 21 min | $91,616 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$80,488 (±$15,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somers?
8.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Somers?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Somers work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenosha (27%, 4 mi), Pleasant Prairie (9%, 8 mi), Racine (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Somers walkable?
Somers is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Somers without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.