Best PlacesSolon Springs, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Solon Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Solon Springs ranks 20,949th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Solon Springs
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 Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Solon Springs ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
Where Solon Springs ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute33.9 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,010 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Solon Springs
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Solon Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,950, 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 Springs' effective rate of 0.93%, 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 Springs
Solon Springs runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Solon Springs.
Who works in Solon Springs, and how
Work in Solon Springs centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Solon Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Solon Springs.
What the weather is like in Solon Springs, month by month
Solon Springs sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 8° |
| April | 47° | 37° | 29° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Solon Springs
The nearest airport, Duluth International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around Solon Springs
Schools across Solon Springs average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Drummond ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Northwestern ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Eagles' Wings Public Montessori CharterB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwestern MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Superior MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Drummond Junior HighC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwestern HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Superior HighC · 32% proficient
- Drummond HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Solon Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Solon Springs 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 Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Solon Springs
Is Solon Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Solon Springs ranks 20,949th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, clean air, and civic engagement, and lowest on empty homes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Solon Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,239. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $82,950 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Solon Springs safe?
Solon Springs is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare Solon Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Solon Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Solon Springs 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 Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Solon Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Solon Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Solon Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Solon Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Solon Springs 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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