Work & commute · Keyes

Work & commute in Keyes, CA

Most working residents leave Keyes for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (16%), Turlock (10%) and Ceres (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 2,004 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,951 Keyes residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 1,368 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keyes.

1,951live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

1,368work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keyes goes to work

Modesto7.5 mi away

16%330

Turlock4.6 mi away

10%208

Ceres4.2 mi away

8%164

Keyes (in town)right here

3%53

San Jose52.7 mi away

2%42

Stockton36.2 mi away

2%37

Livingston15.6 mi away

2%36

Tracy31.8 mi away

2%35

San Francisco116.6 mi away

1%27

Salida14.1 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,045

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Keyes commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%

16%

10%

29%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keyes is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Keyes are

1,421 jobs are based in Keyes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keyes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keyes

1,421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Keyes residents hold

2,004 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+115%

Jobs based in Keyes, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 1,421. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.