Work & commute · Solon

Work & commute in Solon, OH

Most working residents leave Solon for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (28%), Beachwood (4%) and Twinsburg (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,508 of 10,808 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,300 Solon residents head out of town to work, 1,508 work right here, and 24,721 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solon.

9,300live here, work elsewhere

1,508live and work here

24,721work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solon goes to work

Cleveland13.9 mi away

28%2,973

Solon (in town)right here

14%1,508

Beachwood7 mi away

4%436

Twinsburg4.4 mi away

2%219

Mayfield Heights9.1 mi away

2%201

Shaker Heights8.4 mi away

2%175

Columbus126.1 mi away

2%175

Euclid14.8 mi away

2%167

Independence10 mi away

1%162

Bedford Heights3.4 mi away

1%154

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,638

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.

41%

47%

41%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solon is a job hub

2.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Solon are

26,229 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

26,229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Solon residents hold

10,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

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Jobs based in Solon, 2013 → 2023: 26,270 → 26,229. 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.