Keystone has higher household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
32% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. For jobs and income Keystone is better than 94% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Keystone: the gist
Home offices are common in Keystone
32% of Keystone workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Keystone draws workers from far and wide
The 6,280 jobs in Keystone are filled from a wide area. Keystone’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Keystone
69% of Keystone residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Keystone pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
28% of Keystone works in Tampa
3,291 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Tampa, 14 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Keystone itself. The commute map ↓
Keystone has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Keystone went from 4,609 in 2013 to 6,280 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Keystone earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($161,056, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Keystone could be anywhere from A to A+.
Keystone’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keystone workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,044 commuters (the 32% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
Where the trip to work from Keystone ends
Where Keystone clocks in
28% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Keystone: what the 6,280 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keystone, 2013 → 2023: 4,609 → 6,280. 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 Keystone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Keystone
On a workday 11,424 residents head out to work, 537 work right here, and 5,743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Keystone on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.53 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 from Keystone, by distance
About 18% 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.
In Keystone, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,854 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Keystone households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Keystone’s commuters take a bus or train.
Keystone next to U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000: 154th of 1,576 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Highland UT | 21,571 | $186K | 1.9% | 3.9% | 5% | A |
| 153 | Wellesley MA | 31,239 | $250K | 4.0% | 4.4% | 12% | A |
| 154 | Keystone FL | 25,858 | $161K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
| 155 | Germantown WI | 21,050 | $100K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 12% | A |
| 156 | Scarborough ME | 24,547 | $134K | 4.4% | 2.2% | 19% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Keystone, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Keystone and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Westchase (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keystone workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone | – | A | C | 31 min | $161,056 |
| Westchase | 2% | A | B | 28 min | $124,434 |
| Citrus Park | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 30 min | $93,457 |
| Cheval | under 2% | A | C+ | 28 min | $101,907 |
| East Lake | under 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $99,333 |
| Northdale | under 2% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $94,926 |
| Trinity | under 2% | B+ | B− | 30 min | $113,580 |
| Odessa | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 36 min | $117,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keystone’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 Keystone: questions
What is the median household income in Keystone?
$161,056 (±$12,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keystone?
3.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keystone?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keystone work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (28%, 14 mi), St. Petersburg (5%, 25 mi), Town 'n' Country (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keystone walkable?
Keystone is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keystone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keystone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keystone
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.