Photo: Mayor Pez at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Solon are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 23% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. The poverty rate is 3.3%; Ohio has 13.3%. For jobs and income Solon is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Solon apart on work
Solon is where the jobs are
Solon has 26,229 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 39,000 people are in town, 65% more than the 24,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Solon draws workers from far and wide
The 26,229 jobs in Solon are filled from a wide area. Solon’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Solon and Cleveland trade workers both ways
Cleveland is the top workplace for Solon residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Solon come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Solon works from home
23% of Solon workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Solon makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Solon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Solon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Solon gets the Jobs & income grade it does
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Solon’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Solon could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who leaves Solon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9,300 residents head out to work, 1,508 work right here, and 24,721 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39,000 people are in Solon on a workday afternoon, 65% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Solon
Where Solon clocks in
28% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
How long Solon spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Solon workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,047 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Solon
26,229 jobs are based in Solon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Solon, 2013 → 2023: 26,270 → 26,229. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Solon
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.
For most of Solon, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,776 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Solon households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Solon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000, Solon ranks 39th of 1,577 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 38 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
| 39 | Solon OH | 23,679 | $139K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 14% | A+ |
| 40 | Reading MA | 25,803 | $166K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 8% | A+ |
| 41 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Solon and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bedford Heights (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Solon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon | – | A+ | C− | 23 min | $139,089 |
| Glenwillow | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bentleyville | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Moreland Hills | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $185,592 |
| Reminderville | under 2% | A− | C− | 29 min | $106,905 |
| Bedford Heights | 1% | C+ | A | 24 min | $50,269 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glenwillow and Bentleyville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Solon’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: questions
What is the median household income in Solon?
$139,089 (±$8,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Solon?
3.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Solon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Solon work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (28%, 14 mi), Beachwood (4%, 7 mi), Twinsburg (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Solon walkable?
Solon is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Solon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Solon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Solon
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. 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.