Work & commute · Broadwell

Work & commute in Broadwell, IL

Most working residents leave Broadwell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (18%), Lincoln (12%) and Chicago (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 793 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 782 Broadwell residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broadwell.

782live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broadwell goes to work

Springfield23.4 mi away

18%142

Lincoln5.4 mi away

12%94

Chicago151.4 mi away

6%45

Mount Pulaski9.6 mi away

3%26

Bloomington36.2 mi away

3%25

Decatur30.9 mi away

3%24

Carbondale163.9 mi away

3%20

Peoria46.8 mi away

2%18

West Lincoln6 mi away

2%18

Champaign61.3 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%367

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

How far

How far Broadwell commutes

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

20%

10%

29%

41%

20%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broadwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Broadwell are

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

Jobs based in Broadwell

802 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Broadwell residents hold

793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+14%

Jobs based in Broadwell, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 802. 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.