Work & commute · Keswick

Work & commute in Keswick, IA

Most working residents leave Keswick for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sigourney (8%), Oskaloosa (5%) and Ottumwa (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 92 Keswick residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keswick.

92live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keswick goes to work

Sigourney8.5 mi away

8%7

Oskaloosa23.7 mi away

5%5

Ottumwa31.4 mi away

4%4

Des Moines71.4 mi away

4%4

Montezuma17.4 mi away

3%3

Pella35.3 mi away

3%3

Iowa City39.1 mi away

3%3

North English9.4 mi away

2%2

Fremont19.6 mi away

2%2

Wellman20.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%58

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

How far

How far Keswick commutes

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

22%

21%

26%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keswick is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keswick are

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

Jobs based in Keswick

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Keswick residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−81%

Jobs based in Keswick, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 19. 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.