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Somerville, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Somerville, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 22,179. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SOMERVILLE-NJ · Somerville, NJ 1 ZIPs · 22,179 pop · #1968/25278 · Somerset County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $122,884
  • RANK-TOP #1968/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bedminster
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 61% owners
  • POP-TOWN 22,179
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $485,100

Nearest income peer: Bedminster, NJ (+ $220 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Somerville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Somerville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Somerville, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
22,179
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$122,884
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $122,884 and home value $485,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 57.1%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.1%) for this income tier, rent $1,840 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within New Jersey, Colonia is the closest lower-income city and Cliffwood the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Somerville.

Population concentration

Somerville's single ZIP 08876 carries the town

Somerville is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 08876 is the entire residential footprint (22,179 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Somerville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,033 establishments, 25,130 employees , annual payroll $2,130,686k (~47 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08876 (1,033 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (144) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Somerville, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Somerset County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Somerville. See the Somerset County roll-up →

Somerville lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Somerset County: Hillsborough, Bridgewater and Basking Ridge earn more and Bound Brook, Manville and Franklin Park earn less. Bernardsville marks the far end of that range at $236,042, 92% above Somerville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08876 22,179 $122,884 1,033 563
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Somerville roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Somerville, .