Broadlands vs Penfield

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

Broadlands and Penfield 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 195 in Penfield). Penfield has the higher median household income ($94,531 vs $67,917 in Broadlands). Broadlands has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $97,200 in Penfield).

Population, income & housing

	Broadlands	Penfield
Population	288	195
Median age	41.0 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$94,531
Median home value	$114,300	$97,200
Median gross rent	$961	—
Housing units	112	88
Homeownership rate	76.2%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadlands	Penfield
Population	362 → 288 (-20.4%)	130 → 195 (+50.0%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $67,917 (+24.0%)	$48,194 → $94,531 (+96.1%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $114,300 (+29.3%)	$102,500 → $97,200 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $961 (+13.1%)	$668 → $703 (+5.2%)

Broadlands

Population

362288

Median household income

$54,792$67,917

Median home value

$88,400$114,300

Median gross rent

$850$961

Penfield

Population

130195

Median household income

$48,194$94,531

Median home value

$102,500$97,200

Median gross rent

$668$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadlands	Penfield
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	4.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	33.3%
75 and over	4.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadlands	Penfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	95.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadlands	Penfield
No high school diploma	11.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	81.3%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadlands	Penfield
Drove alone	89.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	10.9%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadlands	Penfield
1-unit, detached	90.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broadlands	Penfield
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1957	1938