Broadview vs Inverness

A side-by-side comparison of Broadview and Inverness: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broadview has the higher population (7,898 vs 7,541 in Inverness). Inverness has the higher median household income ($215,810 vs $60,139 in Broadview). Inverness has the higher median home value ($704,100 vs $240,600 in Broadview).

Population, income & housing

	Broadview	Inverness
Population	7,898	7,541
Median age	41.9 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,139	$215,810
Median home value	$240,600	$704,100
Median gross rent	$1,092	$3,501
Housing units	3,223	2,938
Homeownership rate	64.0%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadview	Inverness
Population	7,755 → 7,898 (+1.8%)	7,633 → 7,541 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$54,219 → $60,139 (+10.9%)	$192,576 → $215,810 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$158,900 → $240,600 (+51.4%)	$628,700 → $704,100 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,092 (+2.2%)	$3,250 → $3,501 (+7.7%)

Broadview

Population

7,7557,898

Median household income

$54,219$60,139

Median home value

$158,900$240,600

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,092

Inverness

Population

7,6337,541

Median household income

$192,576$215,810

Median home value

$628,700$704,100

Median gross rent

$3,250$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadview	Inverness
Under 5	6.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	5.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	20.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.6%
75 and over	8.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadview	Inverness
White (non-Hispanic)	10.6%	74.2%
Black or African American	63.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	21.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadview	Inverness
No high school diploma	15.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadview	Inverness
Drove alone	78.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	1.4%
Public transit	5.1%	3.7%
Walked	3.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	22.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadview	Inverness
1-unit, detached	60.0%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	24.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broadview	Inverness
Poverty rate	10.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1954	1984