Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Keota
The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. About one in ten work in Keota itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (5%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Keota: the gist
About 30 minutes to work from Keota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keota workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 450 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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 daily commute in and out of Keota
On a workday 316 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Keota on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.67 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 towns that employ Keota’s residents
Where Keota clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Keota: 238 jobs
238 jobs are based in Keota.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keota, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 238. 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 Keota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Keota goes to work
About 25% 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.
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 Keota: questions
What is the median household income in Keota?
$64,188 (±$11,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keota?
10.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keota?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keota work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (5%, 14 mi), Sigourney (5%, 13 mi), Ottumwa (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keota without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keota
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.