Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.7 jobs in Keshena for every working resident, and 708 people commute in
There are 773 jobs in Keshena for 287 working residents. About one in five work in Keshena itself; outside it, Menominee draws the most (43%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 14 minutes; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Keshena: the figures worth knowing
Keshena is where the jobs are
Keshena has 773 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The jobs in Keshena pay better than its residents’ jobs
50% of the jobs based in Keshena pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 33% of the jobs Keshena residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Keshena. 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; with 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Keshena
On a workday 222 residents head out to work and 65 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Keshena on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Keshena
About 35% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keshena, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 773. 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 Keshena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Keshena
Where Keshena clocks in
43% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 14 minutes in Keshena
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keshena workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 362 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Keshena and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keshena workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keshena | – | — | — | 14 min | $48,313 |
| Legend Lake | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wescott | under 2% | C− | C− | 22 min | $72,738 |
Same-state neighbors only. Legend Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Keshena’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 Keshena: questions
What is the median household income in Keshena?
$48,313 (±$17,659) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keshena?
42.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keshena?
14 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keshena work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Menominee (43%, 10 mi), Shawano (5%, 6 mi), Bartelme (2%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keshena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keshena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keshena
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.