Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Keezletown works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Keezletown itself; outside it, Harrisonburg draws the most (30%, 4 miles). 63 jobs are based in Keezletown; 206 of its residents have a job. 6% of workers work from home (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Keezletown and work: the main findings
30% of Keezletown works in Harrisonburg
62 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Harrisonburg, 4.4 miles away. That’s far more as work in Keezletown itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Keezletown are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia 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 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Keezletown: the destinations
Where Keezletown clocks in
30% of workers
3% 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 Keezletown, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keezletown workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 335 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Keezletown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Keezletown on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Keezletown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keezletown, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 63. 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 Keezletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Keezletown goes to work
About 26% 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 Keezletown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Keezletown?
23.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keezletown?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keezletown work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (30%, 4 mi), Waynesboro (3%, 24 mi), Verona (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keezletown 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 Keezletown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keezletown
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.