Work & commute · Keeler

Work & commute in Keeler, MI

Most working residents leave Keeler for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (6%), Portage (5%) and Decatur (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 736 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 668 Keeler residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keeler.

668live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keeler goes to work

Keeler (in town)right here

9%68

Benton12.4 mi away

6%44

Portage29.4 mi away

5%38

Decatur11.8 mi away

4%32

Dowagiac8.9 mi away

4%31

Wayne7.7 mi away

4%30

Grand Rapids64.2 mi away

3%24

Kalamazoo31.1 mi away

3%22

Paw Paw12.6 mi away

3%20

Silver Creek5.7 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%409

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

How far

How far Keeler commutes

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

29%

19%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keeler is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keeler are

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

Jobs based in Keeler

413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Keeler residents hold

736 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+28%

Jobs based in Keeler, 2011 → 2021: 323 → 413. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.