Most of Keith Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 22 jobs in Keith Township, against 132 working residents. Hardly any stay in Keith Township for work; outside it, Fairfield is the main destination (20%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Keith Township by day
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Keith Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Keith Township’s working residents head each day
Where Keith Township clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Keith Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keith Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 22. 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 Keith Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Keith Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keith Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Keith Township
About 29% 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.
Keith Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keith Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $66,277 |
| Stanford Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Indian Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Harter Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $53,000 |
| Zif Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Bedford Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Garden Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stanford Township, Indian Prairie Township, Zif Township and Garden Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Bedford Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keith Township’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 Keith Township: questions
What is the median household income in Keith Township?
$66,277 (±$17,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keith Township?
3.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keith Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keith Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairfield (20%, 15 mi), Flora (9%, 6 mi), Mount Vernon (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keith Township 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 Keith Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keith Township
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.