2026 Compare Cities Religion:
Somerville, MA vs Richmond, VA

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- People living in Richmond are 10.3% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Somerville
 Somerville, MARichmond, VAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock52.1%49.4%
 Baptist1.1%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock2.3%0.6%
 Catholic50.1%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.7%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.9%1.9%
 Methodist1.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.4%1.7%
 Other Christian1.7%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern1.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock4.6%0.9%
Reviews for Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 18 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 5 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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