Work & commute · Broadwell

Work & commute in Broadwell, IL

Most working residents leave Broadwell for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (27%), Chicago (8%) and West Lincoln (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 26 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26 Broadwell residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broadwell.

26live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broadwell goes to work

Springfield21.9 mi away

27%7

Chicago152.9 mi away

8%2

West Lincoln7.6 mi away

8%2

Rochester22.7 mi away

4%1

Lincoln6.9 mi away

4%1

Charleston78.3 mi away

4%1

Effingham80.8 mi away

4%1

Carbondale162.4 mi away

4%1

Ottawa94.7 mi away

4%1

Kankakee109.4 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%8

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.

19%

31%

12%

38%

19%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broadwell is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Broadwell are

43 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

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Broadwell residents hold

26 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+378%

Jobs based in Broadwell, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 43. 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.