Work & commute · Broadway

Work & commute in Broadway, NC

Most working residents leave Broadway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sanford (26%), Raleigh (12%) and Cary (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 538 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 530 Broadway residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broadway.

530live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broadway goes to work

Sanford7.2 mi away

26%139

Raleigh34.9 mi away

12%63

Cary26 mi away

4%22

Durham37.1 mi away

4%19

Fayetteville26.4 mi away

3%17

Holly Springs18 mi away

2%11

Apex21 mi away

2%10

Charlotte101.4 mi away

2%10

Pinehurst29.7 mi away

2%9

Broadway (in town)right here

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%230

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

How far

How far Broadway commutes

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

34%

15%

35%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broadway is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Broadway are

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

Jobs based in Broadway

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Broadway residents hold

538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+21%

Jobs based in Broadway, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 256. 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.