Work & commute · Keener

Work & commute in Keener, NC

Most working residents leave Keener for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (13%), Raleigh (5%) and Newton Grove (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

70%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 270 Keener residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keener.

270live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keener goes to work

Clinton8.5 mi away

13%34

Raleigh52.8 mi away

5%14

Newton Grove9.5 mi away

4%12

Fayetteville38.2 mi away

4%12

Goldsboro25.6 mi away

3%7

Mount Olive14.2 mi away

2%6

Smithfield28 mi away

2%5

Kinston41.2 mi away

2%5

Greenville61.5 mi away

2%5

Wilson47 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%166

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.

27%

21%

27%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keener is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keener are

116 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

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Keener residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1060%

Jobs based in Keener, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 116. 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.