Work & commute · Solon

Work & commute in Solon, MI

Most working residents leave Solon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (30%), Garfield (13%) and Suttons Bay (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 650 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 619 Solon residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solon.

619live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solon goes to work

Traverse City9.5 mi away

30%193

Garfield9.5 mi away

13%85

Solon (in town)right here

5%31

Suttons Bay13.6 mi away

4%29

Leland24.4 mi away

4%29

Kasson5.3 mi away

3%20

Glen Arbor20.5 mi away

2%16

Elmwood5.5 mi away

2%14

Grand Rapids128.8 mi away

1%9

Peninsula13 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%215

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

How far

How far Solon commutes

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

49%

26%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solon is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Solon are

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

Jobs based in Solon

252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Solon residents hold

650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+138%

Jobs based in Solon, 2011 → 2021: 106 → 252. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.