If you can afford the gas, I would keep the job and try to get hired. After that, keep the job a year and try to get a raise or promotion. If that doesn’t work, look for another job. The reason for this is that if you start looking now, your job history will not look good. But if you stick it out a year or more and try to make it work, you may get a better job there or at least a work history that you can be proud of.
Its a job for now and its paying the bills. What I would do is keep working at this job and keep looking for one that has a bit better working conditions and is closer to home.