A job hub: Broadview has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 7,124 people come in to work
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago. Employers in Broadview report 7,257 jobs; 3,337 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Broadview 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
Broadview at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Broadview than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Broadview fell from 14,765 in 2013 to 7,257 in 2023, −51%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Broadview makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Broadview are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Broadview residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Broadview is where the jobs are
Broadview has 7,257 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 12,000 people are in town, 50% more than the 7,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Broadview and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Broadview residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Broadview come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Broadview draws workers from far and wide
The 7,257 jobs in Broadview are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 39%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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 Broadview gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Broadview is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #482 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Broadview’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Broadview could be anywhere from C to A.
Making and building: 56% of jobs based in Broadview
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broadview, 2013 → 2023: 14,765 → 7,257. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Broadview on a workday
On a workday 3,204 residents head out to work and 133 work right here.
About 12,000 people are in Broadview on a workday afternoon, 50% more 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.
Where the people who work in Broadview live
Where Broadview clocks in
30% of workers
3% 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.
From Broadview, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broadview workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,355 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Broadview
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 is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Broadview is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #80 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,597 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, 47% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 6.3% of Broadview households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Broadview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Broadview places 1,658th of 3,026 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,656 | Sheffield Lake OH | 8,971 | $70K | 14.8% | 3.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,657 | Kimball Township MI | 9,652 | $71K | 9.2% | 3.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,658 | Broadview IL | 7,871 | $65K | 9.4% | 6.5% | 4% | B− |
| 1,659 | Attica NY | 6,475 | $77K | 8.8% | 3.4% | 14% | B− |
| 1,660 | Marshall MI | 6,800 | $76K | 5.7% | 6.9% | 25% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Broadview and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Maywood (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Broadview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview | – | B− | A | 26 min | $64,697 |
| Maywood | 3% | C+ | A+ | 34 min | $68,815 |
| Westchester | under 2% | A− | A+ | 27 min | $98,954 |
| La Grange Park | under 2% | A | A+ | 29 min | $120,408 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Broadview’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: questions
What is the median household income in Broadview?
$64,697 (±$13,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broadview?
9.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broadview?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broadview work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (30%, 9 mi), Maywood (3%, 2 mi), Proviso Township (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broadview walkable?
Broadview is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broadview without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 47% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broadview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broadview
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.