Somerset Home for Rent

Modern-day Bowie was born in Somerset. The small neighborhood was the first that developer Levitt and Sons built in Bowie in the early ‘60s, and the company followed with thousands of additional homes, transforming the Maryland town that only had 600 residents at the time. When Levitt and Sons created Somerset, the company was known for its budget-friendly homes. Today, Bowie is a city where the median household income is much higher than the statewide median and nearly twice the national median. “Bowie is recognized as one of the wealthiest towns in Prince George’s County,” says Simone Malloy, an associate broker with HomeSmart who is based in Bowie. “It’s the area where the most affluent within the community reside.” Somerset is located near U.S. Route 50, which leads to lucrative jobs in and around Washington. Levitt and Sons gained notoriety after World War II for its assembly-line approach to building homes, simplifying the construction process and breaking it down into steps that could be quickly repeated. Using this process, crews built hundreds of Colonial Revival homes, ranch-style houses and Cape Cods in Somerset. The developer took steps to avoid a cookie-cutter feel;