Photo: Highvolt · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Broadview Heights (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.7 in Cleveland. For jobs and income Broadview Heights is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Broadview Heights is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Broadview Heights: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Broadview Heights
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Broadview Heights’ grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Broadview Heights could be anywhere from A to A+.
25% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Broadview Heights clocks in
25% of workers
4% 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.
Broadview Heights by day and by night
On a workday 8,956 residents head out to work, 563 work right here, and 6,045 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Broadview Heights on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What work there is in Broadview Heights: 6,608 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broadview Heights, 2013 → 2023: 5,426 → 6,608. 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 Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Broadview Heights
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broadview Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,739 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Broadview Heights
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 Heights is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,468 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 4.0% of Broadview Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Broadview Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Broadview Heights next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000: 124th of 1,860 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Avon OH | 25,611 | $136K | 3.0% | 1.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Westbury NY | 15,981 | $145K | 3.4% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| 123 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 124 | Broadview Heights OH | 19,755 | $103K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| 125 | Hampton Township PA | 17,808 | $134K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| 126 | New Castle NY | 18,259 | $250K | 2.5% | 4.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Broadview Heights
The biggest share goes to Brecksville (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Broadview Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview Heights | – | A+ | A− | 26 min | $103,125 |
| Brecksville | 3% | A | B+ | 26 min | $135,000 |
| North Royalton | 2% | A− | B− | 26 min | $83,670 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Broadview Heights’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 Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Broadview Heights?
$103,125 (±$7,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broadview Heights?
5.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broadview Heights?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broadview Heights work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (25%, 11 mi), Parma (4%, 5 mi), Independence (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broadview Heights walkable?
Broadview Heights is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broadview Heights without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broadview Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broadview Heights
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.