Work & commute · Keene

Work & commute in Keene, TX

Most working residents leave Keene for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (17%), Cleburne (15%) and Dallas (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,929 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,805 Keene residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 1,169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keene.

2,805live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

1,169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keene goes to work

Fort Worth26.7 mi away

17%502

Cleburne5.9 mi away

15%437

Dallas42.5 mi away

6%168

Burleson8.2 mi away

5%138

Keene (in town)right here

4%124

Arlington24 mi away

4%103

Joshua5.6 mi away

3%78

Alvarado6.6 mi away

3%77

Mansfield16.8 mi away

2%66

Irving38 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,174

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

How far

How far Keene commutes

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

31%

24%

28%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keene is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keene are

1,293 jobs are based in Keene. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keene’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keene

1,293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Keene residents hold

2,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+18%

Jobs based in Keene, 2013 → 2023: 1,096 → 1,293. 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.