Long Beach vs Solomons

A side-by-side comparison of Long Beach and Solomons: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Beach and Solomons are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Solomons has the higher population (2,180 vs 1,981 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($137,969 vs $89,205 in Solomons). Solomons has the higher median home value ($455,000 vs $391,300 in Long Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Solomons
Population	1,981	2,180
Median age	39.0 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$137,969	$89,205
Median home value	$391,300	$455,000
Median gross rent	$1,590	$2,920
Housing units	774	1,299
Homeownership rate	89.6%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Solomons
Population	2,143 → 1,981 (-7.6%)	2,132 → 2,180 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$115,750 → $137,969 (+19.2%)	$95,481 → $89,205 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$277,200 → $391,300 (+41.2%)	$391,000 → $455,000 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,531 → $1,590 (+3.9%)	$2,296 → $2,920 (+27.2%)

Long Beach

Population

2,1431,981

Median household income

$115,750$137,969

Median home value

$277,200$391,300

Median gross rent

$1,531$1,590

Solomons

Population

2,1322,180

Median household income

$95,481$89,205

Median home value

$391,000$455,000

Median gross rent

$2,296$2,920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Beach	Solomons
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	3.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	1.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	6.2%	5.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	18.8%
75 and over	4.9%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Solomons
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Solomons
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	29.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Solomons
Drove alone	79.6%	56.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	38.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Solomons
1-unit, detached	100.0%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	34.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	25.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Solomons
Poverty rate	0.3%	0.6%
Average household size	2.73	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1985	1999