Poplar vs Solon Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Poplar and Solon Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Poplar and Solon Springs are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Solon Springs has the higher population (723 vs 610 in Poplar). Poplar has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $60,625 in Solon Springs). Poplar has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $168,200 in Solon Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar	Solon Springs
Population	610	723
Median age	43.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,188	$60,625
Median home value	$197,400	$168,200
Median gross rent	$1,125	$917
Housing units	239	414
Homeownership rate	91.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar	Solon Springs
Population	599 → 610 (+1.8%)	667 → 723 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$62,361 → $92,188 (+47.8%)	$42,885 → $60,625 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $197,400 (+15.8%)	$125,000 → $168,200 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,125 (-4.6%)	$640 → $917 (+43.3%)

Poplar

Population

599610

Median household income

$62,361$92,188

Median home value

$170,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,125

Solon Springs

Population

667723

Median household income

$42,885$60,625

Median home value

$125,000$168,200

Median gross rent

$640$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar	Solon Springs
Under 5	2.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	27.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	26.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar	Solon Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar	Solon Springs
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar	Solon Springs
Drove alone	83.3%	85.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar	Solon Springs
1-unit, detached	90.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Poplar	Solon Springs
Poverty rate	5.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1977	1965