Somers, Wisconsin.
Typical home $385,563 (+9.0% in a year), asking rent $1,945 . Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,119 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $31,735 +9%
- $353,828$385,563 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $97,011 +34%
- $288,552$385,563 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Somers$2,024
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Somers, WI rose 9.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Somers is a village of 8,402 people in Kenosha County. Half its households earn more than $80,488 a year and half less, against $81,239 across Kenosha County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% are rented. Unemployment in Kenosha County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Somers is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, with a population on the younger side and incomes a little below the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in Somers are the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Walmart and Festival Foods. Commutes are fairly typical for the region, and only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Library Park offers green space, and the Kenosha Public Museum and the Racine Art Museum are both close by. A longer drive brings you to Six Flags Great America, an amusement park, and to the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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- 3,254households
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kenosha County had 75,996 jobs in 2025, 2.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kenosha Regional Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Somers
- University of Wisconsin-ParksideUniversity or college479
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters392
- Sam's ClubWarehouse clubs and supercenters161
- Festival FoodsRetail - grocery123
- Deli Source - KenoshaCheese merchant wholesalers116
- Froedtert SouthAdministrative management services56
- We EnergiesDistribution of electric power43
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 891 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Kenosha County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kenosha County and the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro.
Somers home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Somers$385,563
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Somers listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Somers16.57%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Somers36
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Somers12
Zip codes with a Somers address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Somers — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.