Photo: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Most of Keating Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Keating Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (D). 412 jobs are based in Keating Township, and 1,040 of its residents work somewhere. 3% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Keating Township in brief
Keating Township makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Keating Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Keating Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Keating Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Keating Township fell from 742 in 2013 to 412 in 2023, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Keating Township and Smethport trade workers both ways
Smethport is the top workplace for Keating Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Keating Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Keating Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Inside Keating Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Keating Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Keating Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Keating Township makes things: 55% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keating Township, 2013 → 2023: 742 → 412. 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 Keating Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Keating Township’s residents
Where Keating Township clocks in
16% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
The trip to work from Keating Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keating Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,172 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Keating Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 973 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Keating Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The commute from Keating Township, by distance
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.
Getting around Keating Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,211 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). 2.0% of Keating Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Keating Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,664th of 5,278: where Keating Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,600
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,662 | Montcalm Township MI | 3,532 | $71K | 15.4% | 4.1% | 1% | C |
| 3,663 | Guilford NY | 2,674 | $74K | 5.0% | 11.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,664 | Keating Township PA | 2,631 | $74K | 15.5% | 4.0% | 6% | C |
| 3,665 | Hughesville PA | 2,089 | $65K | 16.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 3,666 | Andrews SC | 2,522 | $57K | 27.2% | 1.3% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,278 | 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 Keating Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Keating Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bradford Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keating Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keating Township | – | C | D | 22 min | $74,297 |
| Foster Township | 3% | C | B | 18 min | $70,362 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | D | C− | 29 min | $50,361 |
| Bradford Township | 6% | B+ | B+ | 14 min | $90,243 |
| Otto Township | under 2% | D | D− | 31 min | $53,214 |
| Eldred Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 27 min | $73,542 |
| Lafayette Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 31 min | $66,700 |
| Norwich Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hamlin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Norwich Township and Hamlin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keating 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 Keating Township: questions
What is the median household income in Keating Township?
$74,297 (±$7,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keating Township?
15.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keating Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keating Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smethport (16%, 3 mi), Bradford (12%, 12 mi), Bradford Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keating Township walkable?
Keating Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keating Township 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 Keating Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keating 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.