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Solon, IA

3,152 Population
1.6 square miles 1,972.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 32.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,588 ±$4,327 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $44,369 ±$1,638
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$113,295 ±$25,955 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $75,088 ±$2,437
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±2.7% (97  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 15.9% 27,162 (±0.9% / ±1,501)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±4 (31,180  ±6,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 20 1,661,255 (±0.6 / ±59,932)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,144 ±119 Number of households
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 72,313 ±713
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (3,039  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 2.4 170,698 (±0 / ±260)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±4.3% (71  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 4% † 1,982 (±0.7% / ±360)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,197 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 77,874 ±158
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$309,400 ±$31,502 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $293,600 ±$5,934
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±3.2% (201  ±98.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 21% 37,265 (±1.3% / ±2,217.3)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±10.4% (1,927  ±248.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 95.9% 104,714 (±2.1% / ±2,309)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.4% ±7.3% (843  ±157.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 51.1% 55,795 (±1.6% / ±1,708.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.1% ±0.3% (4  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 9% 16,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±2.2% (75  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 4.1% 5,795 (±0.4% / ±516)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
75 Total veterans ±48 75 Male ±48 N/A Female ±10

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