Work & commute · Broomfield

Work & commute in Broomfield, MI

Most working residents leave Broomfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (19%), Union (8%) and Chippewa (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 626 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 586 Broomfield residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 721 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broomfield.

586live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

721work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broomfield goes to work

Mount Pleasant13.1 mi away

19%120

Union11.2 mi away

8%47

Broomfield (in town)right here

6%40

Chippewa19 mi away

5%32

Sherman5.6 mi away

3%18

Lansing65.9 mi away

3%17

Alma24.5 mi away

3%16

Fremont9.4 mi away

2%14

Sheridan7.1 mi away

2%14

Midland40.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%295

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

How far

How far Broomfield commutes

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

20%

41%

30%

20%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broomfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Broomfield are

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

Jobs based in Broomfield

761 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Broomfield residents hold

626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+84%

Jobs based in Broomfield, 2011 → 2021: 414 → 761. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.