Best PlacesSolon, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Solon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Solon ranks 195th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Solon
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Solon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Solon ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$145,416 median, better than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
Where Solon ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Solon
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Solon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $145,416, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Solon's effective rate of 2.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Solon
Solon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Solon.
Who works in Solon, and how
Work in Solon centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Solon
Solon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Solon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Solon, month by month
Solon sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 64° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Solon
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 22 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Solon
Schools across Solon average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Parkside Elementary SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Dorothy E Lewis Elementary SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orchard Middle SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Solon Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Ballard Brady Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Top high schools
- Kenston High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Solon High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Orange High SchoolA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Solon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Solon measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Solon against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Solon suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 63% of towns and health care access beats 95%.
Common questions about living in Solon
Is Solon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Solon ranks 195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Solon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $414,095. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $145,416 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Solon safe?
Solon is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $319 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Solon?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 24. That works out to about 93 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of towns.
Is Solon good for families?
Schools beat 100% of towns, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Solon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Solon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Solon represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Solon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Solon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Solon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Solon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Solon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Solon detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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