ZIP 08876 · Somerville
Who lives in ZIP code 08876 (Somerville, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Somerville, NJ · Somerset County
uszips 2026
People23,380
Median age39.6
Household income$122,884
Home value$484,835
Median rent$1,840/mo
Poverty5.1%
College degree+57.0%
Commute28 min
Place
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Wider region
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
- Metro division
- Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 564 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 9,885
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
15.9% are 65 or older; 83.2% are adults.
Household income
60.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $66,196.
Education (adults 25+)
50.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
14.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 49.6%
- Never married
- 36.2%
- Divorced
- 8.8%
- Widowed
- 5.4%
- Family size
- 2.93
- Dual-income families
- 58.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 61.1%
- Rent burden
- 25.5%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 72.4%
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 4.4%
- With a disability
- 10.5%
- No health insurance
- 4.8%
- Limited English
- 4.4%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.