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Somerdale, NJ
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Living in Somerdale



Somerdale is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 5,546 people and three associated neighborhoods, Somerdale is the 299th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Somerdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.23% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Despite being a small borough, Somerdale has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The citizens of Somerdale are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.88% of adults in Somerdale having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Somerdale in 2018 was $41,249, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,996 for a family of four. However, Somerdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Somerdale is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Somerdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Somerdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Somerdale include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Somerdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.