Broadwell vs Latham

A side-by-side comparison of Broadwell and Latham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Latham has the higher population (322 vs 206 in Broadwell). Latham has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $54,167 in Broadwell). Broadwell has the higher median home value ($99,100 vs $79,000 in Latham).

Population, income & housing

	Broadwell	Latham
Population	206	322
Median age	48.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$76,667
Median home value	$99,100	$79,000
Median gross rent	$735	$936
Housing units	141	161
Homeownership rate	59.7%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadwell	Latham
Population	175 → 206 (+17.7%)	409 → 322 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$62,000 → $54,167 (-12.6%)	$53,963 → $76,667 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $99,100 (+68.0%)	$91,300 → $79,000 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $735 (+4.1%)	$488 → $936 (+91.8%)

Broadwell

Population

175206

Median household income

$62,000$54,167

Median home value

$59,000$99,100

Median gross rent

$706$735

Latham

Population

409322

Median household income

$53,963$76,667

Median home value

$91,300$79,000

Median gross rent

$488$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadwell	Latham
Under 5	2.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	4.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	13.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	19.4%	23.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.6%
75 and over	7.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadwell	Latham
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadwell	Latham
No high school diploma	21.5%	9.8%
High school graduate	38.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadwell	Latham
Drove alone	94.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadwell	Latham
1-unit, detached	63.8%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broadwell	Latham
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.7%
Average household size	1.66	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1959	1943