Maple Heights vs Solon

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

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

Solon has the higher population (23,970 vs 23,350 in Maple Heights). Solon has the higher median household income ($135,180 vs $52,823 in Maple Heights). Solon has the higher median home value ($375,700 vs $89,600 in Maple Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Heights	Solon
Population	23,350	23,970
Median age	36.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$135,180
Median home value	$89,600	$375,700
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,460
Housing units	10,041	9,082
Homeownership rate	63.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Heights	Solon
Population	22,383 → 23,350 (+4.3%)	22,947 → 23,970 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$42,805 → $52,823 (+23.4%)	$107,286 → $135,180 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $89,600 (+31.4%)	$286,200 → $375,700 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,322 (+42.8%)	$1,268 → $1,460 (+15.1%)

Maple Heights

Population

22,38323,350

Median household income

$42,805$52,823

Median home value

$68,200$89,600

Median gross rent

$926$1,322

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)

	Maple Heights	Solon
Under 5	6.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.2%
75 and over	5.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Heights	Solon
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	65.6%
Black or African American	73.8%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Heights	Solon
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	36.0%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Heights	Solon
Drove alone	79.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.0%
Public transit	3.8%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	18.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Heights	Solon
1-unit, detached	86.9%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	2.4%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maple Heights	Solon
Poverty rate	26.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1955	1980