Cuthbert Milligan House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Keene Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Keene Township B; getting around on foot earns it C+. 104 jobs are based in Keene Township for 625 working residents. Hardly any work in Keene Township itself; outside it, Coshocton draws the most (19%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Keene Township, in a few figures
Keene Township and Coshocton trade workers both ways
Coshocton is the top workplace for Keene Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Keene Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Keene Township is a place people come home to
There are 104 jobs based in Keene Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Keene Township has about 1,200 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Keene Township’s 19-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 25 to 30 minutes. Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 625 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Keene Township
On income, poverty and job access, Keene Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Keene Township’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (14.6%) is left out: Keene Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Keene Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where Keene Township’s working residents head each day
Where Keene Township clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
How many people are in Keene Township by day
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Keene Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2023, primary jobs.
What Keene Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keene Township, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 104. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Keene Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keene Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 579 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Where in the region Keene Township works
About 25% 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.
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 more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 626 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). 4.4% of Keene Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, 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 2,300: 1,856th of 5,760 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,854 | Middleton NH | 1,863 | $102K | 5.8% | 4.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,855 | Caton NY | 2,023 | $111K | 5.0% | 7.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,856 | Keene Township OH | 1,703 | $73K | 3.8% | 14.6% | <1% | B |
| 1,857 | Ettrick WI | 1,307 | $86K | 6.2% | 1.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,858 | Boutte LA | 2,027 | $68K | 11.1% | 13.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Keene Township
The biggest share goes to Tuscarawas Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keene Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keene Township | – | B | C+ | 19 min | $72,750 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | D | D− | 30 min | $64,083 |
| Tuscarawas Township | 4% | D− | C− | 30 min | $29,375 |
| White Eyes Township | under 2% | D | C− | 29 min | $34,727 |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 25 min | $120,833 |
| Crawford Township | 2% | B− | B− | 25 min | $79,868 |
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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Keene Township?
$72,750 (±$29,715) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keene Township?
3.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keene Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keene Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coshocton (19%, 6 mi), Columbus (7%, 65 mi), Tuscarawas Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keene Township walkable?
Keene Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keene Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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), 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. 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.