Work & commute · Solana

Work & commute in Solana, FL

Most working residents leave Solana for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Punta Gorda (17%), Port Charlotte (11%) and Cape Coral (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 246 Solana residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solana.

246live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solana goes to work

Punta Gorda3.7 mi away

17%43

Port Charlotte6.3 mi away

11%28

Cape Coral20.4 mi away

4%9

Fort Myers25.2 mi away

3%8

North Port13.3 mi away

3%7

Charlotte Harbor2.5 mi away

2%5

Tampa76.3 mi away

2%4

Solana (in town)right here

2%4

Villas28.8 mi away

2%4

Lakeland77.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%135

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Solana commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

41%

18%

17%

24%

41%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solana is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Solana are

344 jobs are based in Solana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Solana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Solana

344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Solana residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+2%

Jobs based in Solana, 2013 → 2023: 337 → 344. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.