Tennessee · Census place 4769620

Somerville, Tennessee

Somerville is a town in Fayette County, Tennessee with an estimated 3,523 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,523
#130 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+96 people
Land area
13.6 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
260 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Somerville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Somerville population, 2020 to 2024

Somerville added 96 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

3,42720203,43220213,41220223,51920233,5232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,425. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Somerville covers 13.57 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 260 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Somerville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Somerville is in

All of Somerville's residents live in Fayette County, which had 44,476 residents in 2024. Somerville holds 7.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Somerville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Somerville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38068. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Somerville is

The Census internal point of Somerville is at 35.232200, -89.375400. Nashville, the capital, is 159.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakland, TN (10,769 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 34.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.232200, -89.375400
DMS
35°13'55.92"N 89°22'31.44"W
UTM
16N 283834.0E 3901379.6N
Geohash
dn22qjyf6
Plus code
867G6JJF+VR

Daylight in Somerville

At 35.23° N, Somerville gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Somerville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Oakland, 9.2 miles away, with 10,769 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Somerville, TN?

3,523 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 96 (2.8%) from 3,427 in July 2020.

What county is Somerville in?

Fayette County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Somerville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38068.

How far is Somerville from Nashville?

159.1 miles (256.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Somerville.

What is the nearest larger city to Somerville?

Oakland, TN, with 10,769 residents, 9.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.