Broadlands vs Longview

A side-by-side comparison of Broadlands and Longview: population, income, housing, and more.

Broadlands and Longview are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Broadlands has the higher population (288 vs 90 in Longview). Longview has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $67,917 in Broadlands). Broadlands has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $57,500 in Longview).

Population, income & housing

	Broadlands	Longview
Population	288	90
Median age	41.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$75,417
Median home value	$114,300	$57,500
Median gross rent	$961	—
Housing units	112	60
Homeownership rate	76.2%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadlands	Longview
Population	362 → 288 (-20.4%)	137 → 90 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $67,917 (+24.0%)	$30,625 → $75,417 (+146.3%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $114,300 (+29.3%)	$37,500 → $57,500 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $961 (+13.1%)	—

Broadlands

Population

362288

Median household income

$54,792$67,917

Median home value

$88,400$114,300

Median gross rent

$850$961

Longview

Population

13790

Median household income

$30,625$75,417

Median home value

$37,500$57,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadlands	Longview
Under 5	2.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	13.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	22.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadlands	Longview
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadlands	Longview
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadlands	Longview
Drove alone	89.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.4%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadlands	Longview
1-unit, detached	90.2%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Broadlands	Longview
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1957	1938