Solon MillsIL
The town, settled in 1843, counts 38 residents.
Is Solon Mills a good place to live?
Solon Mills’ median age is 58.6 years, above both the Illinois town median (40.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Of the 769 Illinois towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Solon Mills. Solon Mills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
38 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Solon Mills: who provides what
Solon Mills is unincorporated, so McHenry County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Solon Mills.
Most of Solon Mills’ workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 24 miles. Since 2013, Solon Mills has added 28 jobs, to 31 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 3% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Waukegan (7%) and Spring Grove (4%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Solon Mills: inland flooding
55% of Solon Mills’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 20%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Solon Mills
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Solon Mills is
The share of adults in Solon Mills who have obesity: 34%. The town beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 38% of adults here have high blood pressure; 31% feel lonely.
| Solon Mills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Solon Mills | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.5% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Six Flags Great America and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Solon Mills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
36 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
34 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
20 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
22 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre10 mi MuseumVolo Auto MuseumPhoto credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Solon Mills
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Solon Mills
About 0 of every 100 Solon Mills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
97% of working residents leave Solon Mills for work
Where Solon Mills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Solon Mills
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
Solon Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Solon Mills is located on U.S. Route 12, 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Spring Grove. Solon Mills is part of ZIP code 60071; it once had its own post office with ZIP code 60080 before it closed on September 28, 2002. It was named a CDP before the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 133.
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- Elevation
- 771 ft
Questions about Solon Mills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Solon Mills, IL a good place to live?
Solon Mills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.