Hills vs Solon

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

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

Solon has the higher population (3,092 vs 892 in Hills). Solon has the higher median household income ($111,597 vs $81,875 in Hills). Solon has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $217,800 in Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Hills	Solon
Population	892	3,092
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$111,597
Median home value	$217,800	$305,300
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,166
Housing units	444	1,102
Homeownership rate	62.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hills	Solon
Population	780 → 892 (+14.4%)	2,615 → 3,092 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $81,875 (+49.1%)	$81,691 → $111,597 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $217,800 (+37.3%)	$253,800 → $305,300 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,179 (+19.1%)	$765 → $1,166 (+52.4%)

Hills

Population

780892

Median household income

$54,922$81,875

Median home value

$158,600$217,800

Median gross rent

$990$1,179

Solon

Population

2,6153,092

Median household income

$81,691$111,597

Median home value

$253,800$305,300

Median gross rent

$765$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hills	Solon
Under 5	5.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	26.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.3%
75 and over	9.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hills	Solon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hills	Solon
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hills	Solon
Drove alone	73.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hills	Solon
1-unit, detached	58.8%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	21.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hills	Solon
Poverty rate	8.9%	1.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	2001