Photo: User:Lar (w:en:user:Lar) · CC BY 2.5Keene Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 4% work in Keene Township; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (17%, 21 miles). 190 jobs are based in Keene Township, against 818 working residents. Jobs and income earn Keene Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Keene Township stands out on work
Jobs & income in Keene Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Keene Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Keene Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Keene 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Keene Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily commute in and out of Keene Township
On a workday 786 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Keene Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Keene Township goes to work
Where Keene Township clocks in
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 71% of work in Keene Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keene Township, 2011 → 2021: 275 → 190. 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 Keene Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Keene Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keene Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 797 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Keene Township
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.
Few in Keene Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Keene Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Keene Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 871 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). 0.5% of Keene Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Keene Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Keene Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 1,035th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 218 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 263 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 1,033 | Omphghent Township IL | 2,370 | $84K | 3.4% | 3.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,034 | Montmorency Township IL | 2,391 | $92K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,035 | Keene Township MI | 1,749 | $96K | 7.7% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,036 | Trenton WI | 1,944 | $110K | 4.2% | 2.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,037 | Stony Point NC | 1,372 | $73K | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Keene Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Keene Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keene Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keene Township | – | B+ | D− | 27 min | $96,250 |
| Easton Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 27 min | $76,418 |
| Boston Township | under 3% | B | C | 28 min | $83,977 |
| Vergennes Township | under 3% | A+ | D | 27 min | $113,482 |
| Otisco Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 39 min | $62,168 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keene 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 Keene Township: questions
What is the median household income in Keene Township?
$96,250 (±$15,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keene Township?
7.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keene Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keene Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (17%, 21 mi), Cascade Township (6%, 14 mi), Belding (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Keene Township walkable?
Keene Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keene Township 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 Keene Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keene 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.