Garfield Heights vs Solon

A side-by-side comparison of Garfield Heights and Solon: population, income, housing, and more.

Garfield Heights and Solon are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garfield Heights has the higher population (29,369 vs 23,970 in Solon). Solon has the higher median household income ($135,180 vs $52,006 in Garfield Heights). Solon has the higher median home value ($375,700 vs $100,000 in Garfield Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield Heights	Solon
Population	29,369	23,970
Median age	39.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,006	$135,180
Median home value	$100,000	$375,700
Median gross rent	$1,085	$1,460
Housing units	12,970	9,082
Homeownership rate	57.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield Heights	Solon
Population	27,814 → 29,369 (+5.6%)	22,947 → 23,970 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$43,971 → $52,006 (+18.3%)	$107,286 → $135,180 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $100,000 (+37.6%)	$286,200 → $375,700 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,085 (+16.4%)	$1,268 → $1,460 (+15.1%)

Garfield Heights

Population

27,81429,369

Median household income

$43,971$52,006

Median home value

$72,700$100,000

Median gross rent

$932$1,085

Solon

Population

22,94723,970

Median household income

$107,286$135,180

Median home value

$286,200$375,700

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield Heights	Solon
Under 5	7.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.2%
75 and over	6.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield Heights	Solon
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	65.6%
Black or African American	53.5%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield Heights	Solon
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield Heights	Solon
Drove alone	81.4%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.6%	18.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield Heights	Solon
1-unit, detached	73.6%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	4.1%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garfield Heights	Solon
Poverty rate	21.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1955	1980