Work & commute · Keota

Work & commute in Keota, IA

Most working residents leave Keota for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (5%), Sigourney (5%) and Ottumwa (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

40 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 316 Keota residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keota.

316live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keota goes to work

Keota (in town)right here

11%40

Washington14.2 mi away

5%18

Sigourney13.2 mi away

5%17

Ottumwa34 mi away

4%16

Wellman9.4 mi away

3%11

Williamsburg21.2 mi away

3%10

Oskaloosa36 mi away

3%10

Iowa City29.7 mi away

2%8

Des Moines87 mi away

2%8

Fairfield24.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%211

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

How far

How far Keota commutes

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

20%

33%

22%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keota is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keota are

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

Jobs based in Keota

238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Keota residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−2%

Jobs based in Keota, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 238. 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.