Ridgefield vs Solon Mills

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

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

Ridgefield has the higher population (218 vs 140 in Solon Mills). Solon Mills has the higher median home value ($287,200 vs $265,400 in Ridgefield).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield	Solon Mills
Population	218	140
Median age	34.5 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$133,454	—
Median home value	$265,400	$287,200
Housing units	65	61
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield	Solon Mills
Population	274 → 218 (-20.4%)	177 → 140 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$93,897 → $133,454 (+42.1%)	$136,071 → $146,122 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$254,400 → $265,400 (+4.3%)	$271,700 → $287,200 (+5.7%)

Ridgefield

Population

274218

Median household income

$93,897$133,454

Median home value

$254,400$265,400

Solon Mills

Population

177140

Median household income

$136,071$146,122

Median home value

$271,700$287,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgefield	Solon Mills
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	41.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	33.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	46.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield	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+

	Ridgefield	Solon Mills
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	14.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	44.1%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield	Solon Mills
Drove alone	59.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	19.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield	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

	Ridgefield	Solon Mills
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.35	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	47	—
Median year structure built	1938	2001