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Jobs & commute in Keswick

For more than half of its working residents, Keswick is a commute to Redding

The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where California as a whole has 17%. Hardly any stay in Keswick for work; outside it, Redding is the main destination (52%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

36 jobs based here
Household income
$71K
median · California $99K
Poverty
26.3%
California 12.0%
Unemployment
4.2%
California 6.6% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
21 min
California 29 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 71 working residents
Work from home
0%
California 17% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

In and out of Keswick on a workday

On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.

71live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
36work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday210
240live here− 71head out to work+ 36come in to work= 210on a workday

About 210 people are in Keswick on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.51jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

The commute map

Out of Keswick to work: where people go

Dunsmuir: 1 residents work here (1%)Dixon: 1 residents work here (1%)Anderson: 2 residents work here (3%)SusanvilleGoleta: 1 residents work here (1%)Red Bluff: 2 residents work here (3%)Shasta Lake: 2 residents work here (3%)BerkeleyYuba City: 2 residents work here (3%)Thousand OaksRedding: 37 residents work here (52%)Mountain GateKeswickCentervillePalo Cedro: 2 residents work here (3%)Shasta: 2 residents work here (3%)Happy ValleyReddingAndersonRed BluffShasta LakeYuba CityPalo CedroKeswick
1
Redding6.1 mi away
52%37
2
Anderson14.5 mi away
3%2
3
Red Bluff32.7 mi away
3%2
4
Shasta Lake6.3 mi away
3%2
5
Yuba City111.5 mi away
3%2
6
Palo Cedro11.9 mi away
3%2
7
Shasta1.6 mi away
3%2
8
Dunsmuir43.9 mi away
1%1
9
Dixon153.6 mi away
1%1
10
Goleta450.1 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%19
The top trips

Where Keswick clocks in

52% of workers
6.1 mi awayRedding37 Keswick residents work here · Jobs & commute →
3% of workers
14.5 mi awayAnderson2 Keswick residents work here · Jobs & commute →
3%Red Bluff
3% of workers
32.7 mi awayRed Bluff2 Keswick residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

What work there is in Keswick: 36 jobs

36 jobs are based in Keswick.

Jobs based in KeswickJobs Keswick residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms14%15%
Trade, transport & utilities61%13%
Services: health, schools, offices25%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%30%
Over $3,333 a month53%54%

Who does it

29 or younger22%14%
30 to 5447%56%
55 and older31%30%
+0%

Jobs based in Keswick, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 36. 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 Keswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 21 minutes in Keswick

A year of commuting
161 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Keswick21 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Keswick workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Keswick gets to work
48%Drive alone
52%Carpool

Share of the 90 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.

How far

The commute from Keswick, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRedding: 52% · 6.1 miAnderson: 3% · 14.5 miRed Bluff: 3% · 32.7 miShasta Lake: 3% · 6.3 miYuba City: 3% · 111.5 miPalo Cedro: 3% · 11.9 miShasta: 3% · 1.6 miDunsmuir: 1% · 43.9 miDixon: 1% · 153.6 miGoleta: 1% · 450.1 miRedding 52%Anderson 3%Red Bluff 3%Shasta Lake 3%Yuba City 3%Keswick
KeswickTop destinations (size = commuters)
62%Under 10 mi44 residents
8%10–24 mi6 residents
7%25–50 mi5 residents
23%Over 50 mi16 residents

About 23% 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

55% of Keswick works in a town next door

Shasta: 3% of workers work hereRedding: 52% of workers work hereShastaReddingKeswick
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Redding17 min
Keswick21 min
Shasta26 min
Shasta3% of Keswick works hereRedding52% of Keswick works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownKeswick workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Keswick–——21 min$71,442
Shasta3%B−B−26 min$111,250
Redding52%C+A17 min$70,466

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Redding. Darker towns draw more of Keswick’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Keswick: questions

What is the median household income in Keswick?

$71,442 (±$32,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Keswick?

26.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Keswick?

21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Keswick work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Keswick 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 Keswick, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Keswick

Keswick home →
21min commute
HandbookGetting around KeswickRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in CAShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.