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: 8.57% 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 town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Keshena has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Keshena a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Keshena spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.87 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Keshena is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Keshena ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.28% of people over 25 have a college 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.