Solon TownshipMI
A town of 1,608, settled in 1870. 92% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Solon Township a good place to live?
The best of Solon Township’s subject grades are an A− for schools and health and an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. 40% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Solon Township, above both Michigan’s towns (26%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 91 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score higher on civic life. The biggest place to walk is Cedar River Preserve, 535 acres with 1.3 miles of trail. Solon Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Solon Township stand out
Where Solon Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
95% of working residents leave Solon Township for work
Where Solon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Solon Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Solon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and 1 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Solon Township. Close and well known come first.
7 mi National LakeshoreSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore1.6M visitors a year24 mi MuseumMichigan Legacy Art ParkPhoto credits
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain
Moving to Solon Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Solon Township, and how to reach them.
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 Township.
Solon Township is healthier than 79% of U.S. towns
Solon Township beats the Michigan average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of Solon Township adults sleep under 7 hours, below both the Michigan town median (34%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 15% of Solon Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Solon Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Solon Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.1% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Solon Township, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Solon Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Solon Township for work: only 5% work in town. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Solon Township. Jobs based in Solon Township grew to 252 in 2021, 146 more than in 2011.
| Solon Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Solon Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Solon Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Solon Township’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Michigan overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (19% statewide). The median age in Solon Township is 46.7 years. Solon Township has grown 3% since 2020, to 1,608 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Solon Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.7 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Solon Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.1% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.1% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.6% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Solon Township has set aside 2.8% of its land for conservation
5.6 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Solon Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedar River Preserve | 1.3 mi | 535 |
| 2. Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit | 1.2 mi | 1,860 |
| 3. Joe Vlack Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Solon Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Solon Township
About 3 of every 100 Solon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Solon Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Solon Township ( SOH-lən) is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,562 at the 2020 census. Solon Township is home to the community of Cedar.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 610 ft
Solon Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Solon Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon Township | — | — | B | — | A− | A− |
| Elmwood Township | #224 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Kasson Township | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| Centerville Township | — | — | B− | — | A | A− |
| Long Lake Township | #313 | B | C− | — | A− | B+ |
Solon Township, Kasson Township and Centerville Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Solon Township, Elmwood Township, Kasson Township, Centerville Township and Long Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Solon Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Solon Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Solon Township, MI a good place to live?
92% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Solon Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.