Iowa · Census place 1973875

Solon, Iowa

Solon is a city in Johnson County, Iowa with an estimated 3,284 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 116th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,284
#116 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+8.0%
+243 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
2,053 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Solon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Solon population, 2020 to 2024

Solon added 243 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.0%. In the latest year it moved by +83.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,028. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Solon covers 1.60 square miles of land, for 2,053 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Solon is denser than the typical town.

What county Solon is in

All of Solon's residents live in Johnson County, which had 160,080 residents in 2024. Solon holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Solon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Solon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52333. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Solon is

The Census internal point of Solon is at 41.806800, -91.498900. Des Moines, the capital, is 109.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Liberty, IA (21,904 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 14.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.806800, -91.498900
DMS
41°48'24.48"N 91°29'56.04"W
UTM
15N 624694.5E 4629414.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HCRG42+PC

Daylight in Solon

At 41.81° N, Solon gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Solon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Ely, 6.8 miles away, with 2,371 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Solon, IA?

3,284 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 243 (8.0%) from 3,041 in July 2020.

What county is Solon in?

Johnson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Solon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52333.

How far is Solon from Des Moines?

109.6 miles (176.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Solon.

What is the nearest larger city to Solon?

North Liberty, IA, with 21,904 residents, 7.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.