How Solon Springs works: jobs, income and commuting
A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 7% stay in Solon Springs for work; outside it, Superior is the main destination (20%, 27 miles). There are 204 jobs in Solon Springs, against 275 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Solon Springs, in brief
Solon Springs’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Solon Springs is Superior, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (55) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Solon Springs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 275 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Solon Springs works
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Solon Springs workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
The daily commute in and out of Solon Springs
On a workday 256 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Solon Springs on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Solon Springs commutes to
Where Solon Springs clocks in
20% of workers
15% 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 Springs: what the 204 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Solon Springs, 2014 → 2024: 124 → 204. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Solon Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Solon Springs?
$75,625 (±$20,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Solon Springs?
8.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Solon Springs?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Solon Springs work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (20%, 27 mi), Duluth (15%, 33 mi), Minong (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Solon Springs 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 Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Solon Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.