Chaumiere des Prairies · Photo: Moonstone3 · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of Keene’s working residents commute to Lexington
0% of workers work from home, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole. Hardly any stay in Keene for work; outside it, Lexington is the main destination (62%, 12 miles). A typical one-way commute from Keene lasts 22 minutes (Kentucky 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Keene quiets down on a workday
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62 people are in Keene on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.14 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 towns that employ Keene’s residents
Where Keene clocks in
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.
In Keene, services account for most jobs
7 jobs are based in Keene.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keene, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 7. 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 Keene’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Keene: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keene workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 272 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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 it is to work from Keene
About 20% 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.
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 Keene: questions
What is the median household income in Keene?
$130,625 (±$72,354) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keene?
26.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keene?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keene work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (62%, 12 mi), Nicholasville (8%, 6 mi), Louisville (6%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keene without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keene, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keene
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.