Work & commute · Broadlands

Work & commute in Broadlands, IL

Most working residents leave Broadlands for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urbana (27%), Champaign (24%) and Homer (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 122 Broadlands residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broadlands.

122live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broadlands goes to work

Urbana17.5 mi away

27%33

Champaign20.4 mi away

24%30

Homer8.8 mi away

3%4

Danville26.1 mi away

3%4

Chicago134.2 mi away

3%4

Tuscola16.7 mi away

2%3

Urbana14.1 mi away

2%3

Tolono17 mi away

2%3

Ogden14.4 mi away

2%2

Tolono15.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%35

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Broadlands commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

71%

16%

7%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broadlands is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Broadlands are

93 jobs are based in Broadlands. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Broadlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Broadlands

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Broadlands residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+304%

Jobs based in Broadlands, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 93. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.