Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety56#6,905/15,637
Economy47#8,275/15,631
Housing23#11,496/14,977
Health38#9,657/15,609
Healthcare4#14,962/15,650
Environment44#8,718/15,453
Education21#12,371/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,032/15,650
Community29#11,099/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,461/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Somerville, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Burleson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low80 min
99/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBurleson County value
Property crime rate · low333 /100k
96/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationBurleson County value
Job growth · high2.8%
93/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBurleson County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.2×
88/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · low1.8%
85/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBurleson County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low15 /100k
1/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurleson County value
Dentists · low10 /100k
1/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurleson County value
Traffic deaths · high47.8 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBurleson County value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Pharmacies · low0.5 /10k
4/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurleson County value
Hot days · high114 days
6/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBurleson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,473 (2015-2019) → 1,126 (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
48.1% (2015-2019) → 74.3% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
29.2% (2015-2019) → 3.8% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
29.0% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.0 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.1% (2015-2019) → 73.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Somerville, Texas improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+57%$41,944 → $65,667

Declined1

Rent / income+22 points29.0% → 51.0%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Somerville, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	26.9 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Broadband subscriptions	60.1%2015-2019	73.2%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Effective property tax rate	1.22%2015-2019	1.36%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	79.7%2015-2019	76.1%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.4242020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$41,9442015-2019	$65,6672020-2024	+57%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	25.0%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+22 points	Declined	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	25.0%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	−9.7 points	Within the margin of error	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Somerville, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Somerville, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Somerville, Texas itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,126 residents (±286)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 women (−8.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,126 residents (±286)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

White30%†343
Black19%†211
Hispanic or Latino41%†

Education

863 residents (±187)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma24%†206
High school or GED26%†223
Some college15%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

466 households (±95)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k24%†111
$25k–50k19%†88
$50k–75k24%†110
$75k–100k14%†66
$100k–150k9.2%†43
$150k–200k6.7%†31
$200k or more3.6%†17

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

466 households (±95)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

Own83%389
Rent17%†77

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−19.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

35 households (±32)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

Under $75063%†22
$750–1,00020%†7
$1,000–1,50011%†4

Home values

389 homes (±82)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k54%†210
$150k–250k27%†105
$250k–400k6.9%†27

Age of homes

607 homes (±102)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later12%†71
2000–20093.0%†18
1980–199921%†127

Size of homes

607 homes (±102)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.2%†7
1 bedroom4.8%†29
2 bedrooms25%†152

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

430 workers (±147)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone67%†290
Carpool21%†90
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†50
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

380 workers (±128)

Somerville, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min27%†102
15–29 min19%†72
30–44 min32%†122

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the College Station-Bryan, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Burleson County, the county holding most of Somerville's residents.

Burleson County has 362 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Texas's), with 3,360 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,227. The Census Bureau also counts 1,867 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 362; 1,867 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 3,360
Average annual pay: $57,227; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Burleson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	26	13.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	500	$21,380	10
Specialty trade contractors	25	12.8	0.83×About typical	137	$52,409	208
Religious organizations	19	9.7	1.76×More than typical	103	$18,757	—
Truck transportation	19	9.7	1.93×More than typical	135	$74,030	82
Full-service restaurants	16	8.2	1.07×About typical	316	$23,769	7
Ambulatory health care services	12	6.2	0.30×Fewer than typical	57	$116,544	56
Building equipment contractors	12	6.2	1.02×About typical	40	$36,225	38
Lessors of real estate	12	6.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	21	$49,571	141
Gasoline stations	11	5.6	1.74×More than typical	94	$24,383	3
Grocery and convenience stores	11	5.6	1.90×More than typical	142	$18,845	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	5.1	1.02×About typical	33	$34,909	33
Construction of buildings	10	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	31	$46,194	82

Rank places for an industry Open Burleson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,495 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $4,745 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Somerville, Texas: $4.21 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,745; −44% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.21; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 45%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

6.9KFY2017
16.3KFY2018
27KFY2019
11.6KFY2020
14.9KFY2021
36.9KFY2022
13.9KFY2023
12.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,03243%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$89219%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$84418%
Waste collection · 5621$63013%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3487.3%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Somerville, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Somerville, Texas's figures are part of those of Burleson County, TX ($306.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Somerville is mostly in Burleson County.

See federal money in Burleson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Somerville, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael T. McCaulR-TX-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 14.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Burleson County37100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

College Station-Bryan, TX43

Other cities and towns in Burleson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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