Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Broadlands’ household incomes are among the highest in the country
1.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.9% across Virginia. Measured by household income, Broadlands is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Broadlands grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Broadlands apart on work
Broadlands trades workers with the towns around it
Broadlands has about as many jobs (8,359) as working residents (7,273), but they are mostly different people: 6,837 residents leave for work each day while 7,923 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Broadlands are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Broadlands works from home
40% of Broadlands workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Broadlands has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Broadlands went from 4,363 in 2013 to 8,359 in 2023, +92%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Broadlands is services
96% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Broadlands’ 24-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 27 to 37 minutes. Next door ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Broadlands
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Broadlands is among the top U.S. towns, #19 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($241,042, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Broadlands could be anywhere from A to A+.
In and out of Broadlands on a workday
On a workday 6,837 residents head out to work, 436 work right here, and 7,923 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 (1.15 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 daily trip from Broadlands: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broadlands workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,630 commuters (the 40% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Broadlands
8,359 jobs are based in Broadlands.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broadlands, 2013 → 2023: 4,363 → 8,359. 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 Broadlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
8% of working residents work in Reston
Where Broadlands clocks in
8% 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.
How many miles Broadlands commutes
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 Broadlands gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Broadlands is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #168 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Broadlands 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 7,659 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.3% of Broadlands households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Broadlands’ commuters take a bus or train.
Broadlands is 38th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Wakefield VA | 11,930 | $238K | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Franconia VA | 18,335 | $152K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Nolensville TN | 15,789 | $177K | 2.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 37 | East Greenwich Township NJ | 12,610 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 38 | Broadlands VA | 14,353 | $241K | 1.0% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 39 | Lansdowne VA | 12,328 | $169K | 3.6% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| 40 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | 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 Broadlands, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
How Broadlands compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ashburn (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Broadlands workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadlands | – | A+ | B | 24 min | $241,042 |
| Ashburn | 6% | A+ | A− | 27 min | $154,978 |
| Moorefield | under 2% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $205,257 |
| Brambleton | under 2% | A+ | A | 37 min | $238,018 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Broadlands’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 Broadlands: questions
What is the median household income in Broadlands?
$241,042 (±$16,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broadlands?
1.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broadlands?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broadlands work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reston (8%, 10 mi), Tysons (8%, 17 mi), Arlington (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broadlands walkable?
Broadlands is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broadlands without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broadlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broadlands
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.