Most of Keener Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
2,329 jobs are based in Keener Township for 4,899 working residents. Keener Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven stay in Keener Township for work; outside it, DeMotte is the main destination (11%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Keener Township
Keener Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Keener Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Keener Township went from 1,699 in 2013 to 2,329 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Keener Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Keener Township’s own working residents. 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.
What’s behind Keener Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Keener Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #291 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Keener Township’s grade up (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Keener Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 31 minutes to work from Keener Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keener Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,882 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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 kinds of work in Keener Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keener Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,699 → 2,329. 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 Keener Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Keener Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,195 residents head out to work, 704 work right here, and 1,625 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Keener Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The towns that employ Keener Township’s residents
Where Keener Township clocks in
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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Keener Township
About 22% 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.
For most of Keener Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Keener Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #337 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Keener Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,264 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Keener Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Keener Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Keener Township ranks 1,417th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 102 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 137 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Huntertown IN | 11,600 | $109K | 3.2% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,415 | Villas FL | 13,644 | $58K | 10.0% | 3.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,416 | Rotonda FL | 10,352 | $75K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,417 | Keener Township IN | 11,141 | $74K | 6.8% | 4.0% | 14% | B− |
| 1,418 | St. Stephens NC | 9,457 | $60K | 16.2% | 1.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,419 | Perry IA | 8,208 | $69K | 8.9% | 3.6% | 23% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Keener Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Keener Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wheatfield Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keener Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keener Township | – | B− | C+ | 31 min | $74,292 |
| Wheatfield Township | 4% | B | C+ | 29 min | $80,150 |
| Union Township | under 3% | D | D | 40 min | $30,750 |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 40 min | $80,953 |
| Boone Township | under 3% | B | C− | 36 min | $74,631 |
| Walker Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 38 min | $91,932 |
| Roselawn | under 3% | B | B | 40 min | $75,506 |
| Eagle Creek Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 31 min | $99,663 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keener 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 Keener Township: questions
What is the median household income in Keener Township?
$74,292 (±$12,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keener Township?
6.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keener Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keener Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeMotte (11%, 1 mi), Crown Point (5%, 17 mi), Valparaiso (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keener Township walkable?
Keener Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keener Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keener Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keener 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. 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.