Chemung vs Solon Mills

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

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

Chemung has the higher population (251 vs 140 in Solon Mills). Solon Mills has the higher median home value ($287,200 vs $181,900 in Chemung). Since 2019, Solon Mills's population has grown faster (-20.9% vs -62.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Chemung	Solon Mills
Population	251	140
Median age	75.0 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,463	—
Median home value	$181,900	$287,200
Housing units	154	61
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chemung	Solon Mills
Population	665 → 251 (-62.3%)	177 → 140 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$36,228 → $68,463 (+89.0%)	$136,071 → $146,122 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $181,900 (+17.6%)	$271,700 → $287,200 (+5.7%)

Chemung

Population

665251

Median household income

$36,228$68,463

Median home value

$154,700$181,900

Solon Mills

Population

177140

Median household income

$136,071$146,122

Median home value

$271,700$287,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chemung	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	0.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	46.4%
65 to 74	39.8%	0.0%
75 and over	51.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chemung	Solon Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	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+

	Chemung	Solon Mills
No high school diploma	4.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	89.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	4.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chemung	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)

	Chemung	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

	Chemung	Solon Mills
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.73	2.30
Median year structure built	1992	2001