It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Keshena has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Keshena has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Keshena than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Keshena may be for you.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.87 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, Keshena does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Keshena ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.28% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Keshena in 2022 was $12,727, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $50,908 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 43.93% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Keshena is a somewhat 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. Important ancestries of people in Keshena include Irish, German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Keshena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Native American languages.
