Keokee Store No. 1 · National Register of Historic Places
Keokee’s story
120 years in pictures
The archive holds 5 maps from 1922 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
- 1906Keokee is settled
KeokeeVA
174 people live in this town, settled in 1906.
Keokee Store No. 1 · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
174
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$66K
Census ACS
Median age
53.1
years
Jobs based here
2
A commuter town
Is Keokee a good place to live?
Keokee’s peak summer temperature is 82°F, against 88°F in Virginia’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. Keokee’s density of trails is 4.4 miles per square mile, above both the Virginia town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Keokee has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Small town
174 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
Getting set up
Moving to Keokee: who provides what
Keokee is unincorporated, so Lee County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerPowell Valley Electric Coop12.1¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterLee County Psa/Keokee water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesLee CountyLee County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn Virginia you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 11 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereLee General RegistrarLee County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2023
ZIP code2426524265 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Keokee.
Natural hazards
The FEMA risk score in Keokee is higher than in most of Virginia or the rest of the country
Of the losses FEMA expects in Keokee, 83% come from inland flooding and 6% from cold waves. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 89% of U.S. communities.
89risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold waves
2
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commute
Most of Keokee’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 22 miles. The top destinations are Big Stone Gap (9%), Pennington Gap (7%) and Jonesville (6%). In Keokee, 6.9% of residents live below the poverty line.
0%work in town
Where working residents work
In Keokee0%
Big Stone Gap9%
Pennington Gap7%
Jonesville6%
Kingsport3%
22 mi
median commute distance
2
jobs based in Keokee
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Keokee has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 82° and January nights of 25°, with about 35 inches of snow a winter.
35″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter27–45°
Spring42–65°
Summer61–81°
Fall44–66°
Oct 23
typical first frost
Apr 20
typical last frost
+0.5°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health
A larger share of adults in Keokee have diabetes than in the typical Virginia or U.S. town
For adults in Keokee, the share who have obesity is 44%. Only 6 of the 254 Virginia towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Keokee. The town does better than the Virginia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 25.
| Keokee | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 17% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 12% | 14% |
32 measures vs. Virginia
1 better6 too close to call25 worse
| What stands out | Keokee | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.9% | 76.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.6% | 6.2% |
Lonesome Pine Hospital
8.7 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 3,064 acres
21 mi
of trails · 4.4 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Keokee
17pages on Keokee
The big questions
Out and about
The story
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Keokee
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Cumberland, KY8.5 mi$4,728 in-state tuitionMountain Empire Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Big Stone Gap8.6 mi$5,007 in-state tuition
About 8 of every 100 Keokee residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
A commuter town
100% of working residents leave Keokee for work
Where Keokee’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
2jobs based in Keokee
0%of working residents work in town
22 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Keokee
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Keokee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Keokee had a population of 330.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,080 ft
- ZIP code
- 24265
Questions about Keokee
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Keokee, VA a good place to live?
Keokee has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.