Work & commute · Solon Mills

Work & commute in Solon Mills, IL

Most working residents leave Solon Mills for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Waukegan (7%) and Spring Grove (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 71 Solon Mills residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solon Mills.

71live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solon Mills goes to work

Chicago51.6 mi away

10%7

Waukegan21.3 mi away

7%5

Spring Grove1.9 mi away

4%3

McHenry7.4 mi away

4%3

Richmond2.3 mi away

3%2

Franklin Park40.5 mi away

3%2

Arlington Heights28.2 mi away

3%2

Crystal Lake14.7 mi away

3%2

Solon Mills (in town)right here

3%2

Forest View50.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%44

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

How far

How far Solon Mills commutes

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

18%

33%

26%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solon Mills is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Solon Mills are

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

Jobs based in Solon Mills

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Solon Mills residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+933%

Jobs based in Solon Mills, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 31. 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.