Photo: Compiled from official records and local inspection by W.H. Goss, County Surveyor. Drawn by M.K. Orton. · Public domainWith 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Keeler Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns. Keeler Township has 413 jobs, against 736 working residents. Jobs and income earn Keeler Township C; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Keeler Township stands out on work
Inside Keeler Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Keeler Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Keeler Township’s grade up (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($59,205, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Keeler Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Keeler Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
A place that makes things: 64% of Keeler Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keeler Township, 2011 → 2021: 323 → 413. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keeler Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Keeler Township by day and by night
On a workday 668 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Keeler Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2021, primary jobs.
6% of working residents work in Benton Township
Where Keeler Township 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.
Commuting from Keeler Township: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keeler Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 843 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Keeler Township’s 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Keeler Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Keeler Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 897 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). 1.8% of Keeler Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Keeler Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Keeler Township is 3,577th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,575 | Hughesville PA | 2,089 | $65K | 16.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 3,576 | Andrews SC | 2,522 | $57K | 27.2% | 1.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,577 | Keeler Township MI | 1,982 | $59K | 11.1% | 5.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,578 | Chassell Township MI | 1,893 | $76K | 10.0% | 1.5% | 5% | C |
| 3,579 | Downe Township NJ | 1,416 | $68K | 12.4% | 6.2% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Keeler Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Keeler Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Silver Creek Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keeler Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeler Township | – | C | C+ | 22 min | $59,205 |
| Hamilton Township | under 3% | C− | C | 21 min | $64,792 |
| Silver Creek Township | 2% | B | C | 21 min | $80,894 |
| Hartford Township | under 3% | D | C | 22 min | $54,659 |
| Bainbridge Township | under 3% | B | C− | 21 min | $74,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keeler 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 2021, 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 Keeler Township: questions
What is the median household income in Keeler Township?
$59,205 (±$11,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keeler Township?
11.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keeler Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keeler Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benton Township (6%, 12 mi), Portage (5%, 29 mi), Decatur Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Keeler Township walkable?
Keeler Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keeler Township without a car?
3% 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 Keeler Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keeler Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.