Photo: Traveller2020 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Keller has higher household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
3.4% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Keller is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). Home is the office for 26% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Keller in brief
Keller and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Keller residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Keller come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Keller works from home
26% of Keller workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Keller has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Keller went from 10,095 in 2013 to 15,347 in 2023, +52%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Keller’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Keller is among the top U.S. towns, #26 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($174,950, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Keller stays A+.
19% of working residents work in Fort Worth
Where Keller 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.
From Keller, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keller workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,912 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
What the 15,347 jobs in Keller are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keller, 2013 → 2023: 10,095 → 15,347. 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 Keller’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Keller for work, and who comes in
On a workday 20,143 residents head out to work, 1,520 work right here, and 13,827 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40,000 people are in Keller on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Keller
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 Keller walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 22,795 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Keller households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Keller’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 969 U.S. towns of 32,000 to 62,000, Keller comes 7th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 6 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| 7 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 8 | Severna Park MD | 40,228 | $170K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| 9 | Wildwood MO | 34,955 | $161K | 2.2% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Princeton TX | 43,524 | $105K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Friendswood TX | 41,319 | $127K | 3.6% | 4.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 969 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Keller, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 27% of Keller’s workers
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keller workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keller | – | A+ | B− | 27 min | $174,950 |
| Southlake | 5% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $250,000+ |
| Westlake | 3% | A+ | C+ | 26 min | $250,000+ |
| North Richland Hills | under 2% | A | B+ | 27 min | $97,305 |
| Fort Worth | 19% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
| Watauga | under 2% | B+ | B | 29 min | $91,171 |
| Colleyville | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $218,328 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keller’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 Keller: questions
What is the median household income in Keller?
$174,950 (±$12,338) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keller?
3.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keller?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keller work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (19%, 13 mi), Dallas (11%, 28 mi), Irving (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keller walkable?
Keller is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keller without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keller, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keller
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.