Plumwood vs South Solon

A side-by-side comparison of Plumwood and South Solon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Solon has the higher population (367 vs 289 in Plumwood). Plumwood has the higher median household income ($86,638 vs $57,750 in South Solon). Plumwood has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $100,000 in South Solon).

Population, income & housing

	Plumwood	South Solon
Population	289	367
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,638	$57,750
Median home value	$304,800	$100,000
Median gross rent	—	$738
Housing units	88	160
Homeownership rate	89.8%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	22.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plumwood	South Solon
Population	307 → 289 (-5.9%)	345 → 367 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $86,638 (+124.8%)	$36,500 → $57,750 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $304,800 (+108.3%)	$73,600 → $100,000 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,680 (+24.0%)	$847 → $738 (-12.9%)

Plumwood

Population

307289

Median household income

$38,542$86,638

Median home value

$146,300$304,800

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,680

South Solon

Population

345367

Median household income

$36,500$57,750

Median home value

$73,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$847$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plumwood	South Solon
Under 5	15.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	6.6%	20.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	4.1%
45 to 54	27.7%	18.5%
55 to 64	4.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	2.4%	4.1%
75 and over	4.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plumwood	South Solon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plumwood	South Solon
No high school diploma	26.4%	14.4%
High school graduate	25.5%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plumwood	South Solon
Drove alone	91.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plumwood	South Solon
1-unit, detached	86.4%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Plumwood	South Solon
Poverty rate	4.5%	13.6%
Average household size	3.28	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1981	1938