Work & commute · Broadway

Work & commute in Broadway, VA

Most working residents leave Broadway for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisonburg (31%), Bridgewater (2%) and Woodstock (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

132 of 2,271 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,139 Broadway residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 1,003 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broadway.

2,139live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

1,003work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broadway goes to work

Harrisonburg12.5 mi away

31%705

Broadway (in town)right here

6%132

Bridgewater17.6 mi away

2%47

Woodstock23.8 mi away

2%36

Dayton15.2 mi away

2%35

Mount Jackson12.1 mi away

1%32

Waynesboro37.8 mi away

1%30

New Market7.5 mi away

1%28

Staunton34.2 mi away

1%26

Timberville2.2 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,175

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.

18%

50%

10%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broadway is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Broadway are

1,135 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

1,135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Broadway residents hold

2,271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Broadway, 2013 → 2023: 1,095 → 1,135. 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.