Keokee Store No. 1 · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Keokee commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Keokee for work; outside it, Big Stone Gap is the main destination (9%, 8 miles). There are 2 jobs in Keokee for 119 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Keokee
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 57 people are in Keokee on a workday afternoon, 67% 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 towns that employ Keokee’s residents
Where Keokee clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Keokee: what the 2 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keokee, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 2. 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 Keokee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Keokee
of Keokee workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Keokee
About 31% 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 Keokee: questions
What is the poverty rate in Keokee?
6.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Keokee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Big Stone Gap (9%, 8 mi), Pennington Gap (7%, 10 mi), Jonesville (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keokee 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 Keokee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keokee
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.