Somerville, Massachusetts Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Somerville is 19th out of 6,406 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Somerville is 26th out of 6,405 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Somerville is 1st in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Somerville is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Somerville is 9th in Massachusetts out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Somerville is 11th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Households

Somerville is 11th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Housing units

Somerville is 13th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Foreign born residents

Somerville is 13th in Massachusetts out of 53 other cities in Current population (2012)

Somerville is 16th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Two or More

Somerville is 17th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Somerville is 17th in Massachusetts out of 42 other cities in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	77,104	13th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.1	88th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18,404.8	1st	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	4.6%	100th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	12.1%	112th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.1%	111th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.3%	71st	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	52.8%	26th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	73.9%	101st	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.8%	17th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	38th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	8.7%	18th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	72nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.6%	16th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	24th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.1%	96th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	50.9%	99th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	26.0%	13th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	33,720	11th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	84.9%	2nd	41.8%	25.9%
Households	31,476	11th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	33.3%	113th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$447,000	22nd	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	88th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$32,785	63rd	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$64,480	61st	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.9%	25th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Somerville	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,015	9th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$761,543	17th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,061	32nd	$13,553	$12,990