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Jobs & commute in Keystone

Jobs, income and commuting in Keystone, IN

Hardly any work in Keystone; the top destination outside it is Bluffton (23%, 12 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. No jobs are based in Keystone in the Census job records; 65 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Keystone by day

On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

65live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night65
Workday0
65live here− 65head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Keystone on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 map

Where the trip to work from Keystone ends

Montpelier: 2 residents work here (3%)Berne: 3 residents work here (5%)Gas City: 2 residents work here (3%)Bluffton: 15 residents work here (23%)Valparaiso: 2 residents work here (3%)Marion: 2 residents work here (3%)Whitestown: 2 residents work here (3%)Fort Wayne: 6 residents work here (9%)Washington Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Chester Township: 5 residents work here (8%)KeystoneBlufftonFort WayneChester TownshipBerneMontpelierGas CityKeystone
1
Bluffton11.5 mi away
23%15
2
Fort Wayne34.8 mi away
9%6
3
Chester Township1.8 mi away
8%5
4
Berne16.7 mi away
5%3
5
Montpelier3.2 mi away
3%2
6
Gas City18.8 mi away
3%2
7
Valparaiso111.6 mi away
3%2
8
Marion21.1 mi away
3%2
9
Whitestown72.5 mi away
3%2
103%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%24
The top trips

Where Keystone clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Keystone

Working from home
0%

of Keystone workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Keystone gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 29 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Half of Keystone commutes less than 16 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBluffton: 23% · 11.5 miFort Wayne: 9% · 34.8 miChester Township: 8% · 1.8 miBerne: 5% · 16.7 miMontpelier: 3% · 3.2 miGas City: 3% · 18.8 miValparaiso: 3% · 111.6 miMarion: 3% · 21.1 miWhitestown: 3% · 72.5 miWashington Township: 3% · 37.9 miBluffton 23%Fort Wayne 9%Chester Township 8%Berne 5%Montpelier 3%Keystone
KeystoneTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi16 residents
41%10–24 mi26 residents
19%25–50 mi12 residents
16%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 16% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Keystone: questions

What is the median household income in Keystone?

$56,042 (±$8,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Keystone?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Keystone work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bluffton (23%, 12 mi), Fort Wayne (9%, 35 mi), Chester Township (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Keystone 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 Keystone, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Keystone

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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.