Owings vs Solomons

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

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

Owings has the higher population (2,475 vs 2,180 in Solomons). Owings has the higher median household income ($171,194 vs $89,205 in Solomons). Owings has the higher median home value ($592,900 vs $455,000 in Solomons).

Population, income & housing

	Owings	Solomons
Population	2,475	2,180
Median age	48.2 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$171,194	$89,205
Median home value	$592,900	$455,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,920
Housing units	1,011	1,299
Homeownership rate	93.9%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owings	Solomons
Population	2,528 → 2,475 (-2.1%)	2,132 → 2,180 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$163,250 → $171,194 (+4.9%)	$95,481 → $89,205 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$472,800 → $592,900 (+25.4%)	$391,000 → $455,000 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,296 → $2,920 (+27.2%)

Owings

Population

2,5282,475

Median household income

$163,250$171,194

Median home value

$472,800$592,900

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)

	Owings	Solomons
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	3.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	23.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	18.8%
75 and over	6.9%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owings	Solomons
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	83.6%
Black or African American	11.8%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owings	Solomons
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	17.7%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owings	Solomons
Drove alone	78.1%	56.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.9%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	38.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owings	Solomons
1-unit, detached	95.1%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	34.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	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

	Owings	Solomons
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.6%
Average household size	2.76	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1999	1999