Work means Manhattan for more than half of Keats’ working residents
0% of workers work from home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Hardly any stay in Keats for work; outside it, Manhattan is the main destination (61%, 6 miles). There are 3 jobs in Keats, against 44 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Keats for work, and who comes in
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Keats on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.07 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 places Keats commutes to
Where Keats clocks in
61% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Keats
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keats, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Keats’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Keats
of Keats workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
Keats’ commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
Around Keats: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keats workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keats | – | — | — | — | $36,557 |
| Madison Township | under 3% | D | B+ | 9 min | $56,367 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keats’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 Keats: questions
What is the median household income in Keats?
$36,557 (±$2,485) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keats?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Keats work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Keats 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 Keats, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keats
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.