With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Solon Mills works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Illinois 16%). Solon Mills has 31 jobs for 73 working residents. Only 3% work in Solon Mills; the top destination outside it is Chicago (10%, 52 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Solon Mills
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Solon Mills on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Solon Mills: the destinations
Where Solon Mills clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Solon Mills: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Solon Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Solon Mills
of Solon Mills workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Solon Mills
About 23% 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.
Work in the towns next to Solon Mills
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Solon Mills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon Mills | – | — | — | — | — |
| Richmond | 3% | B− | B+ | 31 min | $73,029 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Richmond. Darker towns draw more of Solon Mills’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 Solon Mills: questions
What is the poverty rate in Solon Mills?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Solon Mills work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 52 mi), Waukegan (7%, 21 mi), Spring Grove (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Solon Mills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Solon Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Solon Mills
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.