Work, pay and getting to work in Broadwell Township
The two grades for Broadwell Township are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Only 1% stay in Broadwell Township for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (18%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Broadwell Township: the gist
The jobs in Broadwell Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
93% of the jobs based in Broadwell Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Broadwell Township residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Broadwell Township. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Broadwell Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Broadwell Township is Springfield, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (142) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 793 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Broadwell Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Broadwell Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #558 of 768 in Illinois. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Broadwell Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Broadwell Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Broadwell Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Most jobs in Broadwell Township are in services
802 jobs are based in Broadwell Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broadwell Township, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 802. 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 Broadwell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Broadwell Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 41% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Broadwell Township
On a workday 782 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Broadwell Township commutes to
Where Broadwell Township clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Broadwell Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broadwell Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 6% 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.
The commute in Broadwell Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Broadwell Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #620 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 311 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Broadwell Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Broadwell Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Broadwell Township ranks: 2,749th of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,747 | Clearwater Township MI | 2,600 | $75K | 8.4% | 3.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,748 | Louisville NY | 2,974 | $91K | 10.1% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,749 | Broadwell Township IL | 2,860 | $70K | 9.4% | 3.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,750 | Steuben Township IN | 2,937 | $73K | 9.0% | 5.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,751 | Deerfield Township NJ | 3,251 | $85K | 10.6% | 8.2% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Broadwell Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Broadwell Township and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Lincoln (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Broadwell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadwell Township | – | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $69,531 |
| West Lincoln Township | 2% | B− | B+ | 17 min | $59,914 |
| Chester Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Elkhart Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Corwin Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lincoln | 12% | C+ | A− | 18 min | $57,340 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chester Township, Elkhart Township and Corwin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Broadwell Township’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 Broadwell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Broadwell Township?
$69,531 (±$15,981) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broadwell Township?
9.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broadwell Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broadwell Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (18%, 23 mi), Lincoln (12%, 5 mi), Chicago (6%, 151 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broadwell Township walkable?
Broadwell Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broadwell Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broadwell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broadwell Township
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.