Somerset is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 22,968 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Somerset is the 82nd largest community in New Jersey.Somerset is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.92% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Somerset is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerset who work in management occupations (14.35%), computer science and math (9.77%), and sales jobs (9.20%). Also of interest is that Somerset has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Somerset is also a town of artists. Somerset has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Somerset’s character. A relatively large number of people in Somerset telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.72% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In Somerset, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Somerset use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Somerset‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.If knowledge is power, Somerset is a pretty powerful place. 58.98% of the adults in Somerset have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Somerset in 2022 was $55,428, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $221,712 for a family of four. Somerset is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Somerset home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Somerset residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Somerset also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Somerset include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish. In addition, Somerset has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.53%). The most common language spoken in Somerset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
