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Somers, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $643,907 (it was $289,900 in 2000)
Somers:

$643,907
New York:

$400,400
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $372,265 - $772,788

Total population: 20,434 (Urban population: 15,188, Rural population: 3,158 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 7,098 (6,802 occupied: 6,377 owner occupied, 425 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

6%
State:

46%

Housing density: 236 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $406,754.

Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,878, upper quartile is over $2,000)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,510


Median gross rent in Somers, NY in 2022: over $2,000

Housing units in Somers with a mortgage: 3,924 (276 second mortgage, 510 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,847

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Somers, New York Age and Sex of Residents

Household type by relationship:

Households: 920,409
  • In family households: 787,571 (154,325 male householders, 82,094 female householders)
    177,077 spouses, 289,201 children (277,229 natural, 5,836 adopted, 6,136 stepchildren), 13,465 grandchildren, 12,621 brothers or sisters, 11,677 parents, foster children, 16,923 other relatives, 23,097 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 132,838 (45,065 male householders (36,259 living alone)), 65,748 female householders (58,355 living alone)), 22,025 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 28,704 (13,258 institutionalized population)

167,242 married couples with children.
43,170 single-parent households (7,022 men, 36,148 women).

87.2% of residents of Somers speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
8.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 2,384 (12.1%)
(94.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.5
State:

6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.9
State:

3.8

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Somers, New York
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Somers, New York
  • 0no bedroom
  • 3711 bedroom
  • 1,8832 bedrooms
  • 1,8103 bedrooms
  • 1,9564 bedrooms
  • 3575+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somers, New York
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somers, New York
  • 0no bedroom
  • 1301 bedroom
  • 1642 bedrooms
  • 783 bedrooms
  • 344 bedrooms
  • 195+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Somers in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Somers in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 73no vehicle
  • 1,9771 vehicle
  • 2,8852 vehicles
  • 9813 vehicles
  • 3054 vehicles
  • 1565+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Somers in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Somers in renter-occupied apartments
  • 17no vehicle
  • 1751 vehicle
  • 1722 vehicles
  • 333 vehicles
  • 204 vehicles
  • 85+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Somers, New York
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Somers, New York
  • 01 room
  • 72 rooms
  • 2633 rooms
  • 6194 rooms
  • 1,1725 rooms
  • 9896 rooms
  • 8677 rooms
  • 9428 rooms
  • 1,5189+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somers, New York
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somers, New York
  • 01 room
  • 162 rooms
  • 893 rooms
  • 1224 rooms
  • 675 rooms
  • 646 rooms
  • 137 rooms
  • 148 rooms
  • 409+ rooms
Year house built
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Somers, NY
Somers town income, earnings, and wages data

  • Somers, NY household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Somers, NY in 2022
  • 29,472Less than $10,000
  • 24,632$10,000 to $19,999
  • 25,874$20,000 to $29,999
  • 23,419$30,000 to $39,999
  • 28,154$40,000 to $49,999
  • 27,332$50,000 to $59,999
  • 35,079$60,000 to $74,999
  • 55,095$75,000 to $99,999
  • 44,115$100,000 to $124,999
  • 39,896$125,000 to $149,999
  • 49,620$150,000 to $199,999
  • 143,233$200,000 or more
Work and jobs in Somers: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Percentage of workers working in this county: 71.1%
Number of people working at home: 1,726 (18.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 97
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 534
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 558
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 554
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 887
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 446
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,236
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 517
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 520
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 949
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 728
  • 90 or more minutes: 841

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 6,412 (76.8%)
  • Carpooled: 587 (7.0%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0.1%)
  • Subway or elevated: 18 (0.2%)
  • Railroad: 760 (9.1%)
  • Bicycle: 8 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 33 (0.4%)
  • Other means: 44 (0.5%)
  • Worked at home: 484 (5.8%)
Class of Workers in 2000
Races in Somers detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Somers, New York
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Somers, New York
  • 1351995 to March 2000
  • 1431990 to 1994
  • 1731985 to 1989
  • 1281980 to 1984
  • 1661975 to 1979
  • 1471970 to 1974
  • 2451965 to 1969
  • 784Before 1965
Ancestries in Somers, NY

First ancestries reported:

  • Italian: 5,599 (24.5%)
  • Irish: 3,787 (16.6%)
  • Other: 3,359 (14.7%)
  • German: 3,037 (13.3%)
  • English: 1,491 (6.5%)
  • Russian: 949 (4.2%)
  • Polish: 898 (3.9%)
  • United States: 715 (3.1%)
  • French: 373 (1.6%)
  • Norwegian: 304 (1.3%)
  • Scottish: 279 (1.2%)
  • Swedish: 242 (1.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 216 (0.9%)
  • Czech: 212 (0.9%)
  • Hungarian: 209 (0.9%)
  • Greek: 194 (0.9%)
  • French Canadian: 188 (0.8%)
  • Dutch: 172 (0.8%)
  • Ukrainian: 103 (0.5%)
  • Lithuanian: 99 (0.4%)
  • Portuguese: 99 (0.4%)
  • Swiss: 96 (0.4%)
  • Danish: 60 (0.3%)
  • West Indian: 42 (0.2%)
  • Slovak: 40 (0.2%)
  • Welsh: 21 (0.09%)
  • Arab: 18 (0.08%)
  • Subsaharan African: 15 (0.07%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Italy
Somers:

17.8% (341)
New York:

3.8% (147,729)

Germany
Somers:

11.1% (213)
New York:

1.8% (69,327)

United Kingdom
Somers:

6.5% (124)
New York:

1.6% (62,237)

Ireland
Somers:

5.5% (106)
New York:

1.1% (41,934)

India
Somers:

3.9% (74)
New York:

3.0% (117,238)

Korea
Somers:

3.6% (70)
New York:

2.5% (97,933)

Canada
Somers:

3.5% (68)
New York:

1.4% (54,876)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Somers:

3.1% (60)
New York:

6.0% (233,766)

Other Northern Europe
Somers:

2.9% (56)
New York:

0.2% (7,839)

Austria
Somers:

2.5% (48)
New York:

0.3% (11,299)

Cuba
Somers:

2.4% (47)
New York:

0.9% (36,642)

Poland
Somers:

2.3% (45)
New York:

2.4% (93,187)

Japan
Somers:

2.2% (42)
New York:

0.8% (32,034)

Colombia
Somers:

2.2% (42)
New York:

2.9% (111,727)

Other Western Europe
Somers:

2.1% (41)
New York:

0.3% (10,672)

Iran
Somers:

2.1% (41)
New York:

0.4% (17,323)

Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Somers:

1.9% (37)
New York:

0.3% (13,246)

Greece
Somers:

1.7% (33)
New York:

1.1% (42,335)

Argentina
Somers:

1.6% (31)
New York:

0.5% (17,906)

Portugal
Somers:

1.6% (30)
New York:

0.3% (13,508)

Venezuela
Somers:

1.5% (29)
New York:

0.3% (10,645)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 13,712
  • Other state: 2,531
  • Northeast: 1,363
  • Midwest: 557
  • South: 465
  • West: 146

67% of Somers residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 42
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 25
  • 7th and 8th grade: 87
  • 9th grade: 40
  • 10th grade: 38
  • 11th grade: 28
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 128
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,066
  • Less than 1 year of college: 285
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 687
  • Associate degree: 280
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,704
  • Master's degree: 996
  • Professional school degree: 400
  • Doctorate degree: 205
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 47
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 9
  • 5th and 6th grade: 11
  • 7th and 8th grade: 44
  • 9th grade: 42
  • 10th grade: 18
  • 11th grade: 46
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 69
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,711
  • Less than 1 year of college: 343
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 853
  • Associate degree: 565
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,778
  • Master's degree: 1,186
  • Professional school degree: 150
  • Doctorate degree: 157
Educational Attainment for Females
Somers marital status for males
Somers marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 4,640
  • One, attached: 1,942
  • Two: 300
  • 3 or 4: 94
  • 5 to 9: 94
  • 10 to 19: 9
  • 20 to 49: 12
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%
Year householders moved into residence in Somers
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Somers, NY
  • 59.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 35.3%Electricity
  • 3.7%Utility gas
  • 1.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.3%Wood
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Somers, NY
  • 48.9%Electricity
  • 39.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 3.3%Utility gas
  • 3.1%Wood
  • 2.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.4%Coal or coke

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 152
Here:

7.3%
New York:

14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 146
Here:

14.8%
New York:

13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 179
Here:

33.2%
New York:

38.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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