With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Broadview Park works elsewhere
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. Employers in Broadview Park report 825 jobs, against 3,002 working residents. Jobs and income earn Broadview Park B; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Broadview Park
Where Broadview Park’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Broadview Park is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #259 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Broadview Park’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Broadview Park could be anywhere from C to A.
Broadview Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,945 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 768 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Broadview Park on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Broadview Park clocks in
12% 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.
Jobs in Broadview Park: what the 825 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broadview Park, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 825. 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 Broadview Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Broadview Park: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broadview Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,593 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
Broadview Park’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Broadview Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Broadview Park is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #111 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,215 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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 Broadview Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Broadview Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Broadview Park is 1,524th among 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,522 | German Township IN | 7,491 | $81K | 6.0% | 5.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,523 | Georges Township PA | 6,092 | $90K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,524 | Broadview Park FL | 7,119 | $74K | 18.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,525 | River Ridge FL | 5,149 | $103K | 6.1% | 9.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,526 | Washington Township IN | 8,854 | $61K | 7.1% | 2.8% | 24% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Broadview Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 10% of Broadview Park’s workers
The biggest share goes to Plantation (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Broadview Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview Park | – | B | A | 28 min | $73,786 |
| Plantation | 5% | A− | A− | 28 min | $92,541 |
| Davie | 5% | B | A− | 29 min | $87,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Broadview Park’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 Broadview Park: questions
What is the median household income in Broadview Park?
$73,786 (±$21,176) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broadview Park?
18.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broadview Park?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broadview Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (12%, 5 mi), Hollywood (5%, 5 mi), Sunrise (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broadview Park walkable?
Broadview Park is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broadview Park without a car?
1% 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 Broadview Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broadview Park
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.