Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Keene, CA
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%. Hardly any work in Keene; the top destination outside it is Bakersfield (21%, 25 miles). Commuters spend 57 minutes getting to work on average; the California average is 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Keene on a workday afternoon
On a workday 159 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Keene on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Keene’s workers come from
Where Keene clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
Keene is a services town
241 jobs are based in Keene.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keene, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 241. 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 Keene’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 57 minutes in Keene
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keene workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Keene works
About 39% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Next door to Keene
The biggest share goes to Bear Valley Springs (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keene workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keene | – | — | — | 57 min | — |
| Bear Valley Springs | 8% | B | C− | 42 min | $120,481 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keene’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Keene: questions
What is the poverty rate in Keene?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keene?
57 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keene work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (21%, 25 mi), Tehachapi (10%, 11 mi), Bear Valley Springs (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keene without a car?
1% 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 Keene, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keene
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.