Detroit vs Solomon

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

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

Solomon has the higher population (945 vs 100 in Detroit). Detroit has the higher median household income ($126,000 vs $58,750 in Solomon). Solomon has the higher median home value ($121,000 vs $102,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Solomon
Population	100	945
Median age	45.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$126,000	$58,750
Median home value	$102,800	$121,000
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	38	420
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Solomon
Population	178 → 100 (-43.8%)	1,166 → 945 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$26,667 → $126,000 (+372.5%)	$56,583 → $58,750 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $102,800 (+20.9%)	$103,100 → $121,000 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $683 (+7.9%)

Detroit

Population

178100

Median household income

$26,667$126,000

Median home value

$85,000$102,800

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)

	Detroit	Solomon
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	7.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	36.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	4.0%	18.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	25.0%	14.9%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Solomon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Solomon
No high school diploma	24.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	40.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Solomon
Drove alone	91.9%	66.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Solomon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Solomon
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1951	1971