Photo: Gpwitteveen · CC BY-SA 3.0Solon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The two grades for Solon Township are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Solon Township has 252 jobs for 649 working residents. Only 5% work in Solon Township; the top destination outside it is Traverse City (30%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Solon Township
Inside Solon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Solon Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Solon Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Solon Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Solon Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Where people from Solon Township work
Where Solon Township clocks in
30% of workers
13% 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.
Solon Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 618 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Solon Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Solon Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Solon Township, 2011 → 2021: 106 → 252. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Solon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Solon Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Solon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 722 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Solon Township
About 22% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Solon Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Solon Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Solon Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 820 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Solon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Solon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Solon Township places 1,256th of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,254 | Hanna City IL | 1,238 | $73K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,255 | Chilmark MA | 1,253 | $169K | 4.1% | 9.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,256 | Solon Township MI | 1,608 | $97K | 3.9% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,257 | Independence Township PA | 1,483 | $90K | 3.3% | 9.9% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,258 | Kent Estates IA | 1,848 | $122K | 11.4% | 1.4% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Solon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Solon Township
The biggest share goes to Kasson Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Solon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon Township | – | B+ | D | 26 min | $96,833 |
| Elmwood Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $94,417 |
| Kasson Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $85,417 |
| Centerville Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $98,281 |
| Long Lake Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $96,220 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Solon Township’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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Solon Township?
$96,833 (±$7,882) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Solon Township?
3.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Solon Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Solon Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (30%, 10 mi), Garfield Township (13%, 10 mi), Suttons Bay Township (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Solon Township walkable?
Solon Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Solon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Solon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Solon Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.