Work & commute · Keyes

Work & commute in Keyes, OK

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.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

111 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Keyes residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keyes.

56live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keyes goes to work

Garden City, KS111.5 mi away

7%4

Oklahoma City280.1 mi away

7%4

Felt34.5 mi away

7%4

Guymon43.7 mi away

5%3

Hooker57.4 mi away

4%2

Scott City, KS137 mi away

2%1

Colby, KS189.7 mi away

2%1

Liberal, KS75 mi away

2%1

Dodge City, KS139.3 mi away

2%1

Keyes (in town)right here

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%35

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

How far

How far Keyes commutes

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

27%

67%

4%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

67%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keyes is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keyes are

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

Jobs based in Keyes

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Keyes residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−80%

Jobs based in Keyes, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 30. 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.