Keshena is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 1,257 people and two associated neighborhoods, Keshena is the 359th largest community in Wisconsin.
Also of interest is that Keshena has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.34% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in Keshena is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One of the benefits of Keshena is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.80 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Keshena does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Keshena ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.16% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Keshena in 2022 was $12,454, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $49,816 for a family of four. However, Keshena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Keshena also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.72% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Keshena is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Keshena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Keshena residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Keshena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.73% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Keshena include German, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Keshena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Native American languages.