Keo Commercial Historic District · Photo: Richard apple · CC BY-SA 3.0Keo has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 1% stay in Keo for work; outside it, Little Rock is the main destination (42%, 21 miles). Employers in Keo report 20 jobs for 90 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 55 minutes, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Keo: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Keo on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Keo work
Where Keo clocks in
42% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 45% of the jobs in Keo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keo, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 20. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 55 minutes each way for Keo’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keo workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Keo, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Keo: questions
What is the median household income in Keo?
$39,000 (±$22,797) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keo?
21.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keo?
55 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (42%, 21 mi), North Little Rock (11%, 17 mi), England (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.