Orin Clark House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Keyser Township are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Keyser Township itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (23%, 18 miles). 13.4% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.3% across Indiana. Keyser Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Keyser Township, in brief
Keyser Township trades workers with the towns around it
Keyser Township has about as many jobs (4,508) as working residents (4,165), but they are mostly different people: 3,349 residents leave for work each day while 3,692 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Keyser Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Keyser Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Keyser Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Keyser Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
Few Keyser Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Keyser Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Keyser Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #403 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Keyser Township’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,234, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Keyser Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Keyser Township
On a workday 3,349 residents head out to work, 816 work right here, and 3,692 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Keyser Township, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
4,508 jobs are based in Keyser Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keyser Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,872 → 4,508. 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 Keyser Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Keyser Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keyser Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,794 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where people from Keyser Township work
Where Keyser Township clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Keyser Township
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.
Most trips from Keyser Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Keyser Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #356 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,943 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). 4.4% of Keyser Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Keyser Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,049 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900, Keyser Township comes 2,025th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 80 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 125 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 164 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,023 | Stroudsburg PA | 5,809 | $67K | 12.0% | 5.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,024 | New London WI | 7,726 | $61K | 21.0% | 2.8% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,025 | Keyser Township IN | 8,040 | $62K | 13.4% | 4.4% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,026 | Marion Township OH | 6,619 | $65K | 10.2% | 3.9% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,027 | Skiatook OK | 8,960 | $57K | 13.4% | 3.9% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Keyser Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Keyser Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keyser Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyser Township | – | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $62,234 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $84,123 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $80,568 |
| Allen Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $78,359 |
| Swan Township | under 2% | A+ | B− | 19 min | $112,056 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keyser 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 Keyser Township: questions
What is the median household income in Keyser Township?
$62,234 (±$7,529) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keyser Township?
13.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keyser Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keyser Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (23%, 18 mi), Garrett (16%, 1 mi), Auburn (14%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keyser Township walkable?
Keyser Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keyser Township without a car?
<1% 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 Keyser Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keyser 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.