Solon vs Tiffin

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

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

Tiffin has the higher population (5,271 vs 3,092 in Solon). Solon has the higher median household income ($111,597 vs $106,034 in Tiffin). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $305,300 in Solon).

Population, income & housing

	Solon	Tiffin
Population	3,092	5,271
Median age	39.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,597	$106,034
Median home value	$305,300	$315,800
Median gross rent	$1,166	$1,367
Housing units	1,102	2,186
Homeownership rate	80.4%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Solon	Tiffin
Population	2,615 → 3,092 (+18.2%)	3,351 → 5,271 (+57.3%)
Median household income	$81,691 → $111,597 (+36.6%)	$78,713 → $106,034 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$253,800 → $305,300 (+20.3%)	$233,000 → $315,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $1,166 (+52.4%)	$994 → $1,367 (+37.5%)

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

Tiffin

Population

3,3515,271

Median household income

$78,713$106,034

Median home value

$233,000$315,800

Median gross rent

$994$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Solon	Tiffin
Under 5	4.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	26.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	18.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.8%
75 and over	7.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Solon	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Solon	Tiffin
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Solon	Tiffin
Drove alone	77.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	17.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Solon	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	64.3%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	21.0%	45.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Solon	Tiffin
Poverty rate	1.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	2001	2011