Work & commute · Keener

Work & commute in Keener, IN

Most working residents leave Keener for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are DeMotte (11%), Crown Point (5%) and Valparaiso (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

704 of 4,899 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 4,195 Keener residents head out of town to work, 704 work right here, and 1,625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keener.

4,195live here, work elsewhere

704live and work here

1,625work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keener goes to work

DeMotte1.1 mi away

11%535

Crown Point16.7 mi away

5%251

Valparaiso21.7 mi away

4%217

Merrillville20.3 mi away

4%210

Wheatfield6.1 mi away

4%184

Rensselaer16.8 mi away

4%176

Gary28.6 mi away

3%143

Keener (in town)right here

3%139

Hammond33.1 mi away

3%123

Portage27.6 mi away

2%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,808

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

How far

How far Keener commutes

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

23%

31%

24%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keener is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keener are

2,329 jobs are based in Keener. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keener’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keener

2,329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Keener residents hold

4,899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+37%

Jobs based in Keener, 2013 → 2023: 1,699 → 2,329. 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.