Clarence L. Babcock House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Solana
0% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 344 jobs are based in Solana; 250 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Solana apart on work
Solana makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Solana are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Solana residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Solana are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Solana workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in Solana
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Solana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Solana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Solana workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Solana by day
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Solana on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Punta Gorda
Where Solana clocks in
17% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Miles to work from Solana
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
17% of Solana works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Solana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solana | – | — | — | 18 min | $32,484 |
| Punta Gorda | 17% | B− | B | 27 min | $85,779 |
| Cleveland | under 2% | C− | B+ | 18 min | $47,157 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Punta Gorda. Darker towns draw more of Solana’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Solana: questions
What is the median household income in Solana?
$32,484 (±$15,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Solana?
17.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Solana?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Solana work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Punta Gorda (17%, 4 mi), Port Charlotte (11%, 6 mi), Cape Coral (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Solana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Solana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Solana
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.