Most of Broadway commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 256 jobs in Broadway; 538 of its residents have a job. Broadway grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Home is the office for 6% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Broadway: the gist
The figures behind Broadway’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Broadway is better than 19% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Broadway’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Broadway’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Broadway could be anywhere from D to B−.
26% of working residents work in Sanford
Where Broadway clocks in
26% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Broadway
On a workday 530 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Broadway on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Jobs in Broadway: what the 256 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broadway, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 256. 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 Broadway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Broadway: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broadway workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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.
Half of Broadway commutes less than 26 miles
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Broadway gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Broadway is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Broadway near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 750 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). 1.0% of Broadway households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Broadway’s commuters take a bus or train.
Broadway next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 4,122nd of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 267 | Northlakes NC | 1,716 | $101K | 2.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,120 | Anza CA | 1,898 | $84K | 10.5% | 11.1% | 7% | C− |
| 4,121 | Parkers Prairie MN | 1,031 | $58K | 10.8% | 2.7% | 13% | C− |
| 4,122 | Broadway NC | 1,380 | $65K | 20.5% | 4.1% | 1% | C− |
| 4,123 | Center Township KS | 1,778 | $56K | 8.2% | 1.0% | 52% | C− |
| 4,124 | Frederic Township MI | 1,195 | $65K | 11.0% | 11.3% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Broadway, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Broadway: questions
What is the median household income in Broadway?
$64,926 (±$22,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broadway?
20.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broadway?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broadway work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sanford (26%, 7 mi), Raleigh (12%, 35 mi), Cary (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broadway walkable?
Broadway is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broadway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broadway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broadway
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.