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KeyesOK

A town of 175, settled in 1925.

Population
175
residents
Household income
$114K
median
Median age
62.7
years
Jobs based here
30
A commuter town
Small town

175 people, and everyone knows the way

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Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Keyes

Most working residents leave Keyes for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Garden City (7%), Oklahoma City (7%) and Felt (7%). Half commute less than 111 miles.

2%work in town

Where working residents work

In Keyes2%
Garden City7%
Oklahoma City7%
Felt7%
Guymon5%
111 mi
median commute distance
30
jobs based in Keyes
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Keyes has chilly, snowy winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 93°, a January night drops to 21°, and about 32 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

32″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter22–50°
Spring39–70°
Summer61–90°
Fall41–71°
Oct 17
typical first frost
Apr 26
typical last frost
+0.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Keyes is

Keyes beats the Oklahoma average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.

32 measures vs. Oklahoma
16 better14 too close to call2 worse
What stands outKeyesOK
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off5.4%10.3%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity10.1%18.5%
More adults who have had cancer11.4%7.8%
Cimarron Memorial Hospital
18.7 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with drought at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 40% of U.S. communities.

40risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
40Moderate riskLowerHigher
DroughtCold waves
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Keyes for work

Where Keyes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

7% → Garden City Garden City 7% 7% → Oklahoma City Oklahoma City 7% 7% → Felt Felt 7% 5% → Guymon Guymon 5% 4% → Hooker Hooker 4% 2% → Scott City Scott City 2% Keyes · 2% stay
30jobs based in Keyes
2%of working residents work in town
111 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Oklahoma - Cimarron County - ED 13-1 - ED 13-11
1880 · 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Oklahoma - Cimarron County - ED 13-1 - ED 13-11 · Wikimedia Commons
Keyes’s story

101 years in pictures

2 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Oklahoma - Cimarron County - ED 13-1 - ED 13-11
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About Keyes

Town in Oklahoma, US

Keyes is a town in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town’s population was 276.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1925
Population
276
Area
0.4 sq mi
Elevation
3,944 ft
ZIP code
73947
Area code
580

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