Lone Tree vs Solon

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

Lone Tree 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 1,285 in Lone Tree). Solon has the higher median household income ($111,597 vs $80,294 in Lone Tree). Solon has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $170,700 in Lone Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Tree	Solon
Population	1,285	3,092
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,294	$111,597
Median home value	$170,700	$305,300
Median gross rent	$947	$1,166
Housing units	545	1,102
Homeownership rate	85.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Tree	Solon
Population	1,312 → 1,285 (-2.1%)	2,615 → 3,092 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$62,137 → $80,294 (+29.2%)	$81,691 → $111,597 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$156,200 → $170,700 (+9.3%)	$253,800 → $305,300 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $947 (+36.3%)	$765 → $1,166 (+52.4%)

Lone Tree

Population

1,3121,285

Median household income

$62,137$80,294

Median home value

$156,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$695$947

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)

	Lone Tree	Solon
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	26.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.3%
75 and over	7.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Tree	Solon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Tree	Solon
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Tree	Solon
Drove alone	73.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	16.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.8%
Other means	3.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Tree	Solon
1-unit, detached	81.1%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	21.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lone Tree	Solon
Poverty rate	6.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1968	2001