Central vs Solomon

A side-by-side comparison of Central and Solomon: population, income, housing, and more.

Central and Solomon are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Solomon has the higher population (478 vs 273 in Central). Central has the higher median household income ($94,478 vs $76,587 in Solomon). Central has the higher median home value ($422,900 vs $248,200 in Solomon).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Solomon
Population	273	478
Median age	46.1 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,478	$76,587
Median home value	$422,900	$248,200
Median gross rent	—	$656
Housing units	150	124
Homeownership rate	55.3%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.9%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Solomon
Population	323 → 273 (-15.5%)	522 → 478 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$76,354 → $94,478 (+23.7%)	$71,544 → $76,587 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $422,900 (+121.1%)	$128,800 → $248,200 (+92.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,703 (+61.6%)	$561 → $656 (+16.9%)

Central

Population

323273

Median household income

$76,354$94,478

Median home value

$191,300$422,900

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,703

Solomon

Population

522478

Median household income

$71,544$76,587

Median home value

$128,800$248,200

Median gross rent

$561$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Solomon
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	27.6%
18 to 24	2.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	24.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	1.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	22.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Solomon
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	35.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	64.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Solomon
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	6.6%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	52.6%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Solomon
Drove alone	77.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	22.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Solomon
1-unit, detached	55.3%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	44.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Central	Solomon
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.8%
Average household size	1.82	4.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1976	1969