Work & commute · Keith

Work & commute in Keith, IL

Most working residents leave Keith for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (20%), Flora (9%) and Mount Vernon (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 132 Keith residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keith.

132live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keith goes to work

Fairfield15.2 mi away

20%26

Flora5.6 mi away

9%12

Mount Vernon30.2 mi away

8%11

Chicago228.6 mi away

5%7

Salem26.1 mi away

5%6

Big Mound18.8 mi away

4%5

Albion26.9 mi away

3%4

Olney23.5 mi away

2%3

Cisne5.4 mi away

2%2

Louisville12.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%54

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

How far

How far Keith commutes

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

11%

37%

23%

29%

11%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keith is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keith are

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

Jobs based in Keith

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Keith residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+100%

Jobs based in Keith, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 22. 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.