Hope vs Solomon

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

Hope 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 463 in Hope). Solomon has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $48,750 in Hope). Solomon has the higher median home value ($121,000 vs $105,900 in Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Solomon
Population	463	945
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$58,750
Median home value	$105,900	$121,000
Median gross rent	$725	$683
Housing units	199	420
Homeownership rate	77.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Solomon
Population	400 → 463 (+15.8%)	1,166 → 945 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $48,750 (+11.4%)	$56,583 → $58,750 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $105,900 (+43.9%)	$103,100 → $121,000 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $725 (+36.8%)	$633 → $683 (+7.9%)

Hope

Population

400463

Median household income

$43,750$48,750

Median home value

$73,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$530$725

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)

	Hope	Solomon
Under 5	8.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.9%	26.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	18.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.0%	14.9%
75 and over	5.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Solomon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Solomon
No high school diploma	16.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Solomon
Drove alone	92.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Solomon
1-unit, detached	81.9%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Hope	Solomon
Poverty rate	36.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1955	1971