Alden vs Solon Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Alden and Solon Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Alden and Solon Mills are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Solon Mills has the higher population (140 vs 36 in Alden). Since 2019, Solon Mills's population has grown faster (-20.9% vs -78.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Solon Mills
Population	36	140
Median age	68.1 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median home value	—	$287,200
Housing units	22	61
Homeownership rate	68.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Solon Mills
Population	167 → 36 (-78.4%)	177 → 140 (-20.9%)
Median household income	—	$136,071 → $146,122 (+7.4%)
Median home value	—	$271,700 → $287,200 (+5.7%)

Alden

Population

16736

Solon Mills

Population

177140

Median household income

$136,071$146,122

Median home value

$271,700$287,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Solon Mills
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	25.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	46.4%
65 to 74	75.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Solon Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	25.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Solon Mills
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	41.7%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Solon Mills
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Solon Mills
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Solon Mills
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.64	2.30
Median year structure built	1938	2001