Work & commute · Solon Springs

Work & commute in Solon Springs, WI

Most working residents leave Solon Springs for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (25%), Duluth (10%) and Minong (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 209 Solon Springs residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solon Springs.

209live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solon Springs goes to work

Superior26.7 mi away

25%56

Duluth, MN32.8 mi away

10%22

Solon Springs (in town)right here

8%17

Minong16.7 mi away

6%14

Minong17.2 mi away

2%5

Hayward28.6 mi away

2%5

Eau Claire106.9 mi away

2%5

Gordon3.6 mi away

2%5

New Richmond91.3 mi away

2%4

Ashland48.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%89

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

How far

How far Solon Springs commutes

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

12%

13%

46%

29%

12%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solon Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Solon Springs are

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

Jobs based in Solon Springs

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Solon Springs residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+15%

Jobs based in Solon Springs, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 191. 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.