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Town of Somers Demographics
Population (year 2000): 9,059. Estimated population in July 2006: 9,525 (+5.1 percent change)
Males: 4,568 (50.4 percent)
Females: 4,491 (49.6 percent)
Kenosha County
Median resident age: 36.0 years
Wisconsin median age: 36.0 years
Estimated median household income in 2005: $56,000 (it was $49,608 in 2000)
Somers $56,000
Wisconsin: $47,105
Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $207,700 (it was $151,700 in 2000)
Somers $207,700
Wisconsin: $152,600
Races in Somers:
White Non-Hispanic (89.9 percent)
Hispanic (4.1 percent)
Black (3.2 percent)
Other race (1.9 percent)
Two or more races (1.7 percent)
American Indian (0.7 percent)
Ancestries:
German (36.7 percent)
Italian (11.3 percent)
Irish (10.4 percent)
English (9.6 percent)
Polish (7.9 percent)
United States (5.7 percent).
Elevation: 700 feet
Land area: 30.5 square miles.
Population density: 310 people per square mile (very low).
For population 25 years and over in Somers:
High school or higher: 84.7 percent
BachelorÆs degree or higher: 25.2 percent
Graduate or professional degree: 7.9 percent
Unemployed: 9.6 percent
Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Somers town:
Never married: 27.2 percent
Now married: 55.6 percent
Separated: 1.7 percent
Widowed: 5.7 percent
Divorced: 9.8 percent
350 residents are foreign born (1.5 percent Europe, 1.4 percent Asia, 0.7 percent Latin America).
This town: 3.9 percent
Wisconsin: 3.6 percent
According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
Somers: 1.6 percent ($2,497)
Wisconsin: 2.0 percent ($2,245)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kenosha, WI (3.2 miles , pop. 90,352).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (30.4 miles , pop. 596,974).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (55.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities: Kenosha, WI (3.2 miles ), Sturtevant, WI (5.7 miles ), Pleasant Prairie, WI (5.7 miles ), Elmwood Park, WI (5.9 miles ), Mount Pleasant, WI (6.2 miles ), Racine, WI (8.5 miles ), Paris, WI (9.8 miles ), Franksville, WI (9.9 miles ).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
1996: 59 buildings, average cost: $152,300
1997: 38 buildings, average cost: $156,300
1998: 35 buildings, average cost: $187,800
1999: 42 buildings, average cost: $173,900
2000: 20 buildings, average cost: $240,300
2001: 18 buildings, average cost: $256,700
2002: 16 buildings, average cost: $231,800
2003: 55 buildings, average cost: $207,100
2004: 30 buildings, average cost: $261,900
2005: 56 buildings, average cost: $256,600
2006: 13 buildings, average cost: $279,800
2007: 12 buildings, average cost: $350,400
Latitude: 42.62 N, Longitude: 87.87 W
People in group quarters in Somers
697 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
16 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Area code: 262
Population change in the 1990s: +1,540 (+20.5 percent).
Most common industries for males:
Construction (9 percent)
Machinery (8 percent)
Metal and metal products (7 percent)
Educational services (6 percent)
Public administration (6 percent)
Chemicals (5 percent)
Transportation equipment (4 percent)
Most common industries for females:
Educational services (13 percent)
Health care (13 percent)
Accommodation and food services (7 percent)
Finance and insurance (5 percent)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4 percent)
Social assistance (3 percent)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3 percent)
Most common occupations for males
Metal workers and plastic workers (8 percent)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6 percent)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6 percent)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6 percent)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5 percent)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4 percent)
Laborers and material movers, hand (3 percent)
Most common occupations for females
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8 percent)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6 percent)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5 percent)
Registered nurses (5 percent)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4 percent)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4 percent)
Cashiers (4 percent)
Average household size:
This town: 2.5 people
Wisconsin: 2.5 people
Percentage of family households:
This town: 65.5 percent
Whole state: 66.5 percent
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town: 5.7 percent
Whole state: 5.7 percent
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.0 percent of all households
Gay men: 0.2 percent of all households
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town: 5.6 percent
Whole state: 8.7 percent
Residents with income below 50 percent of the poverty level in 1999:
This town: 2.1 percent
Whole state: 3.7 percent
Somers compared to Wisconsin state average:
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage below state average.
Number of college students above state average.
2004 Presidential Election results in Kenosha County Wisconsin:
Bush / Cheney (Rep.) (47 percent)
Kerry / Edwards (Dem.) (52 percent)
Other (1 percent)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (78 percent)
Electricity (13 percent)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5 percent)
Other (4 percent)
6.54 percent of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,827 average adjusted gross income)
Wisconsin average: 6.06 percent
0.09 percent of residents moved from foreign countries ($508 average AGI)
Kenosha County: 0.09 percent
Wisconsin average: 0.08 percent
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Lake County, IL 1.94 percent ($44,480 average AGI)
from Racine County, WI 0.91 percent ($38,998)
from Cook County, IL 0.55 percent ($52,063)
6.52 percent of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,677 average adjusted gross income)
Wisconsin average: 6.22 percent
0.07 percent of residents moved to foreign countries ($364 average AGI)
Kenosha County: 0.07 percent
Wisconsin average: 0.04 percent
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Racine County, WI 1.16 percent ($38,913 average AGI)
to Lake County, IL 0.94 percent ($41,573)
to Milwaukee County, WI 0.49 percent ($36,510)
The community was originally named Pike on April 15th, 1843 by an act of the Wisconsin legislature, and became Somers in 1851. One story tells of a wealthy Englishman by that name whom the residents were hoping to entice into financing a rail line from Pike to Chicago. Another transient nickname for Somers at about that time was Aurora, where for a time a post office operated with that name from the Willis Tavern.
Berryville is a residential and business community located in the town of Somers, Wisconsin along the intersections of Kenosha County Highway A and Highway 32 (Sheridan Road). The community was named for the proliferation of strawberry farms in the area. The Berryville School was a community fixture into the 1980s, when it was demolished for new housing. Adjacent to the school to the south was the Mid-City Outdoor Theatre (1948-1984), one of Wisconsin's first drive-in theatres.
Town of Somers Contact Information
Somers Town Office
7511 12th Street, Box 197
Somers WI 53171
Phone (262) 859-2822
Fax (262) 859-2331
E-mail Feedback@somers.org
Web site http://www.somers.org
Hours 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Town Board meets second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Town Hall, 7 p.m.
Town Officials
Chairman
James Smith
1066 22nd Ave.
Kenosha, WI 53140
Town Hall (262) 859-2822
Home (262) 552-8833
jsmith@somers.org
Supervisors
No. 1Vernon L. Wienke
P. O. Box 155
Somers, WI 53171-0155
Home (262) 859-2808
vwienke@wi.rr.com
No. 2 Alan Ferber
11021 7th Street
Sturtevant, WI 53177
Home (262) 859-2104
abferber@wi.rr.com
No. 3 Benjamin R. Harbach
900 100th Avenue,
Kenosha, WI 53144
Home (262) 859-1836
No. 4 Fred Loomis
1717 Green Bay Road
Kenosha, WI 53144
Home (262) 552-8168
floomis@wi.rr.com
Clerk/Treasurer
Tim Kitzman
P.O. Box 197
Somers, WI 53171-0197
(262) 859-2822
Fax: (262) 859-2331
tkitzman@somers.org
Municipal Judge
Robert Kupfer
9414 12th Place
Kenosha WI 53144
(262) 859-3036
Town Administrator
William Morris
P. O. Box 197
Somers, WI 53171-0197
(262) 859-2822
Fax (262) 859-2331
bmorris@somers.org
Assessor
Associated Appraisal Consultants, Inc.
Appleton, WI
(800) 721-4157
Building Inspector
Russ Nolen
P.O. Box 197
Somers WI 53171
(262) 859-2822
Financial Manager
Jean Anderson
P. O. Box 197
Somers, WI 53171-0197
(262) 859-2822
Fax (262) 859-2331
janderson@somers.org
Public Works Superintendent
George Stoner
P. O. Box 197
Somers, WI 53171-0197
(262) 859-2822
Fax (262) 859-2331
gstoner23@yahoo.com
Public Works (sewer & water) after hours emergency number (262) 859-0300
Fire Chief
Steve Krause
P. O. Box 197
Somers, WI 53171-0197
(262) 859-2277
s6300@ix.netcom.com
County Board Supervisors
District 18 Mark A. Molinaro Jr
District 19 Mark Wisnefski
Plan Commission
James M. Smith, Chair
Edna Highland
Robert Sabath
Leon Dreger
Shirley Mandernack
Gordon Lake
Dr. Karl Scheidt
Fire Commission
Ted DeMicchi, Chair
Mary Lichter
Darrell Borger
Scott Pederson
Reince Priebus, Secretary
Board of Appeals
David Barnes, Chair
Elizabeth Carlson
Bill Kram
Robert Nuzzo
Phyllis Rozinski
Ben Harbach, alternate
Board of Review
Jean Wermeling
David Geertsen
Steve Viggiano
Tara Zerzanek, Alternate
Park Commission
Dr. Karl Scheidt
Gordon Lake
Tom Hincz, Alternate
Susan Borger, Secretary
Nicholas Lichter
Mary Lichter
Tom Maurer, Chair
Sup. Vern Wienke-Board Liaison
Town of Somers Demographics
Population (year 2000): 9,059. Estimated population in July 2006: 9,525 (+5.1 percent change)
Males: 4,568 (50.4 percent)
Females: 4,491 (49.6 percent)
Kenosha County
Median resident age: 36.0 years
Wisconsin median age: 36.0 years
Estimated median household income in 2005: $56,000 (it was $49,608 in 2000)
Somers $56,000
Wisconsin: $47,105
Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $207,700 (it was $151,700 in 2000)
Somers $207,700
Wisconsin: $152,600
Races in Somers:
White Non-Hispanic (89.9 percent)
Hispanic (4.1 percent)
Black (3.2 percent)
Other race (1.9 percent)
Two or more races (1.7 percent)
American Indian (0.7 percent)
Ancestries:
German (36.7 percent)
Italian (11.3 percent)
Irish (10.4 percent)
English (9.6 percent)
Polish (7.9 percent)
United States (5.7 percent).
Elevation: 700 feet
Land area: 30.5 square miles.
Population density: 310 people per square mile (very low).
For population 25 years and over in Somers:
High school or higher: 84.7 percent
BachelorÆs degree or higher: 25.2 percent
Graduate or professional degree: 7.9 percent
Unemployed: 9.6 percent
Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Somers town:
Never married: 27.2 percent
Now married: 55.6 percent
Separated: 1.7 percent
Widowed: 5.7 percent
Divorced: 9.8 percent
350 residents are foreign born (1.5 percent Europe, 1.4 percent Asia, 0.7 percent Latin America).
This town: 3.9 percent
Wisconsin: 3.6 percent
According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
Somers: 1.6 percent ($2,497)
Wisconsin: 2.0 percent ($2,245)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kenosha, WI (3.2 miles , pop. 90,352).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (30.4 miles , pop. 596,974).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (55.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities: Kenosha, WI (3.2 miles ), Sturtevant, WI (5.7 miles ), Pleasant Prairie, WI (5.7 miles ), Elmwood Park, WI (5.9 miles ), Mount Pleasant, WI (6.2 miles ), Racine, WI (8.5 miles ), Paris, WI (9.8 miles ), Franksville, WI (9.9 miles ).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
1996: 59 buildings, average cost: $152,300
1997: 38 buildings, average cost: $156,300
1998: 35 buildings, average cost: $187,800
1999: 42 buildings, average cost: $173,900
2000: 20 buildings, average cost: $240,300
2001: 18 buildings, average cost: $256,700
2002: 16 buildings, average cost: $231,800
2003: 55 buildings, average cost: $207,100
2004: 30 buildings, average cost: $261,900
2005: 56 buildings, average cost: $256,600
2006: 13 buildings, average cost: $279,800
2007: 12 buildings, average cost: $350,400
Latitude: 42.62 N, Longitude: 87.87 W
People in group quarters in Somers
697 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
16 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Area code: 262
Population change in the 1990s: +1,540 (+20.5 percent).
Most common industries for males:
Construction (9 percent)
Machinery (8 percent)
Metal and metal products (7 percent)
Educational services (6 percent)
Public administration (6 percent)
Chemicals (5 percent)
Transportation equipment (4 percent)
Most common industries for females:
Educational services (13 percent)
Health care (13 percent)
Accommodation and food services (7 percent)
Finance and insurance (5 percent)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4 percent)
Social assistance (3 percent)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3 percent)
Most common occupations for males
Metal workers and plastic workers (8 percent)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6 percent)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6 percent)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6 percent)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5 percent)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4 percent)
Laborers and material movers, hand (3 percent)
Most common occupations for females
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8 percent)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6 percent)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5 percent)
Registered nurses (5 percent)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4 percent)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4 percent)
Cashiers (4 percent)
Average household size:
This town: 2.5 people
Wisconsin: 2.5 people
Percentage of family households:
This town: 65.5 percent
Whole state: 66.5 percent
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town: 5.7 percent
Whole state: 5.7 percent
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.0 percent of all households
Gay men: 0.2 percent of all households
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town: 5.6 percent
Whole state: 8.7 percent
Residents with income below 50 percent of the poverty level in 1999:
This town: 2.1 percent
Whole state: 3.7 percent
Somers compared to Wisconsin state average:
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage below state average.
Number of college students above state average.
2004 Presidential Election results in Kenosha County Wisconsin:
Bush / Cheney (Rep.) (47 percent)
Kerry / Edwards (Dem.) (52 percent)
Other (1 percent)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (78 percent)
Electricity (13 percent)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5 percent)
Other (4 percent)
6.54 percent of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,827 average adjusted gross income)
Wisconsin average: 6.06 percent
0.09 percent of residents moved from foreign countries ($508 average AGI)
Kenosha County: 0.09 percent
Wisconsin average: 0.08 percent
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Lake County, IL 1.94 percent ($44,480 average AGI)
from Racine County, WI 0.91 percent ($38,998)
from Cook County, IL 0.55 percent ($52,063)
6.52 percent of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,677 average adjusted gross income)
Wisconsin average: 6.22 percent
0.07 percent of residents moved to foreign countries ($364 average AGI)
Kenosha County: 0.07 percent
Wisconsin average: 0.04 percent
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Racine County, WI 1.16 percent ($38,913 average AGI)
to Lake County, IL 0.94 percent ($41,573)
to Milwaukee County, WI 0.49 percent ($36,510)
