Somers is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 10,417 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Somers is the 91st largest community in Connecticut.

Somers is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Somers is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somers who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.15%), management occupations (11.37%), and sales jobs (10.96%).

Somers is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Somers isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.98% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Somers does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Somers Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Somers is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.95% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Somers in 2000 was $23,952, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,808 for a family of four. However, Somers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Somers is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Somers home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Somers is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Somers include Irish, Italian, English, Polish, French, German, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Somers is English. Some people also speak Spanish.