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Broadview is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, ranked 564th of 767 in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $65K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 64% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $282K, 3.1 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Broadview is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns.
Where Broadview beats most towns.
Where Broadview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Broadview is from typical.
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Census counts: 430 in 1920, a low of 430 in 1920, 7,998 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1972 and 8 maps from 1891 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Broadview. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw15 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw12 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Broadview, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Broadview.
Broadview draws workers from Chicago and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
7,257 jobs are based in Broadview, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here fell from 14,765 in 2013 to 7,257.
Most working residents leave Broadview for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in the town fell to 7,257 in 2023, 7,508 fewer than in 2013. Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Maywood (3%) and Proviso Township (3%).
| Broadview | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $65,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A winter brings about 42 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 9,877 U.S. towns with household incomes like Broadview’s, it is healthier than 53%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Broadview who have diabetes: 16%. 15% of adults binge drink in the town, below both Illinois’ towns (18%) and U.S. towns (16%). This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 17.
| Broadview | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 35% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Broadview | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.5% | 17.8% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.1% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Broadview’s FEMA hazard score stands at 60 of 100, above both the Illinois town median (50 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1987: 18. Expected losses in Broadview break down as 59% from inland flooding and 20% from cold waves. Federal aid has come to Broadview households in 8 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Broadview home is worth about $282,000, up 8.7% in a year, close to the Illinois typical home. 60% of Broadview households are owner-occupiers. Sellers in Broadview got 99.6% of the asking price, typically.
| Broadview | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,099 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Broadview has 4 parks and preserves, 12 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Schroeder Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Pioneer Park | — | 3 |
| 3. 26th Street Woods | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
58 within 15 miles of the center of Broadview
About 3 of every 100 Broadview residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Broadview is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,998. Broadview is the site of a Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility at the center of Operation Midway Blitz. It has been the site of regular protests since 2025.
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3 towns share a border with Broadview.
La Grange Park next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Broadview’s C+) and lower for cost of living (D to C+).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview | #564 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Maywood | #714 | D | C | — | C− | C− |
| Westchester | #264 | A− | C− | A | C+ | A |
| La Grange Park | #22 | A+ | D | A− | A+ | A+ |
Broadview and Maywood report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Broadview with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Broadview grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #564 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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