Keefton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Keefton for work; outside it, Muskogee is the main destination (41%, 12 miles). There are 27 jobs in Keefton, and 311 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Keefton stands out on work
Keefton is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Keefton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Keefton has about 480 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
41% of Keefton works in Muskogee
129 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Muskogee, 12 miles away. That’s 41 times as many as work in Keefton itself. The commute map ↓
Keefton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 311 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Keefton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 308 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Keefton on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where Keefton goes to work
Where Keefton clocks in
41% of workers
12% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Keefton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keefton workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 257 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 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.
Goods jobs make up 63% of work in Keefton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keefton, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 27. 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 Keefton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Keefton goes to work
About 29% 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 Keefton: questions
What is the median household income in Keefton?
$56,438 (±$20,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keefton?
15.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keefton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keefton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskogee (41%, 12 mi), Tulsa (12%, 50 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keefton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keefton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keefton
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.