Somerville, Texas Somerville, Texas Location of Somerville, Texas Location of Somerville, Texas Somerville (/ s m rv l/ sum- r-vil) is a town/city in Burleson County, Texas, United States.

The populace was 1,376 at the 2010 census. Somerville is 90 miles (140 km) north of Houston. Somerville is titled for Albert Somerville the first president of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.

Somerville is positioned near the southern border of Burleson County at 30 20 41 N 96 31 49 W (30.344616, -96.530335). The town/city is bordered to the west by Somerville Lake, a reservoir on Yegua Creek, part of the Brazos River basin.

Texas State Highway 36 passes through the city, dominant northwest 17 miles (27 km) to Caldwell, the county seat, and southeast 15 miles (24 km) to Brenham.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Somerville has a total region of 3.0 square miles (7.7 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2), or 0.60%, is water. There were 768 housing units at an average density of 257.4 per square mile (99.5/km ).

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 54.17% White, 30.52% African American, 1.06% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 11.80% from other competitions, and 2.35% from two or more competitions.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,208, and the median income for a family was $34,844.

About 18.3% of families and 24.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 34.5% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over.

Somerville is served by the Somerville Independent School District.

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Somerville city, Texas".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

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