Broadmoor’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.5%, against 12.0% across California. Jobs and income earn Broadmoor A+; getting around on foot earns it A. Hardly any work in Broadmoor; the top destination outside it is San Francisco (40%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Broadmoor stands out on work
Broadmoor is a place people come home to
There are 294 jobs based in Broadmoor, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Broadmoor has about 2,900 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Broadmoor works in San Francisco
796 working residents, 40%, have their main job in San Francisco, 6.5 miles away. That’s 40 times as many as work in Broadmoor itself. The commute map ↓
Most Broadmoor residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Broadmoor are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
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 Broadmoor gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Broadmoor is among the top U.S. towns, #5 of 847 in California. Household income is its strongest input ($167,396, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Broadmoor could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Broadmoor quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,964 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Broadmoor on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.15 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Broadmoor work
Where Broadmoor clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
The distance from Broadmoor to work
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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Broadmoor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broadmoor workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,970 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Broadmoor: what the 294 are
294 jobs are based in Broadmoor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broadmoor, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 294. 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 Broadmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Broadmoor is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Broadmoor is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #264 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 8.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,599 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Broadmoor households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Broadmoor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Broadmoor places 78th of 3,938 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 77 | East Troy WI | 4,002 | $124K | 3.0% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 78 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 79 | Delaware Township NJ | 4,597 | $194K | 0.9% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| 80 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Broadmoor, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Broadmoor: questions
What is the median household income in Broadmoor?
$167,396 (±$63,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broadmoor?
2.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broadmoor?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broadmoor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (40%, 6 mi), Daly City (7%, 1 mi), South San Francisco (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broadmoor walkable?
Broadmoor is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broadmoor without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broadmoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broadmoor
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.