Abilene vs Solomon

A side-by-side comparison of Abilene and Solomon: population, income, housing, and more.

Abilene and Solomon are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Abilene has the higher population (6,449 vs 945 in Solomon). Solomon has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $56,592 in Abilene). Abilene has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $121,000 in Solomon).

Population, income & housing

	Abilene	Solomon
Population	6,449	945
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,592	$58,750
Median home value	$136,000	$121,000
Median gross rent	$788	$683
Housing units	3,258	420
Homeownership rate	74.7%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abilene	Solomon
Population	6,362 → 6,449 (+1.4%)	1,166 → 945 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$50,183 → $56,592 (+12.8%)	$56,583 → $58,750 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $136,000 (+15.7%)	$103,100 → $121,000 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $788 (+17.3%)	$633 → $683 (+7.9%)

Abilene

Population

6,3626,449

Median household income

$50,183$56,592

Median home value

$117,500$136,000

Median gross rent

$672$788

Solomon

Population

1,166945

Median household income

$56,583$58,750

Median home value

$103,100$121,000

Median gross rent

$633$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abilene	Solomon
Under 5	5.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	26.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	18.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.9%
75 and over	11.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abilene	Solomon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abilene	Solomon
No high school diploma	8.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abilene	Solomon
Drove alone	77.4%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	21.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abilene	Solomon
1-unit, detached	85.2%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Abilene	Solomon
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1954	1971