McKee City has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
McKee City has 2,045 jobs, and 4,538 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in McKee City itself; outside it, Atlantic City draws the most (23%, 12 miles). For 6% of workers, the job is at home (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in McKee City: the gist
Stores, warehouses and trucking
60% of the jobs in McKee City are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside McKee City
61% of McKee City residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in McKee City pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from McKee City are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in McKee City pay little
30% of the jobs based in McKee City pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 39% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in McKee City than ten years ago
Jobs counted in McKee City fell from 2,722 in 2014 to 2,045 in 2024, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The kinds of work in McKee City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McKee City, 2014 → 2024: 2,722 → 2,045. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs McKee City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from McKee City: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McKee City workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,362 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
McKee City on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,455 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 1,962 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in McKee City on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from McKee City work
Where McKee City clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Half of McKee City commutes less than 13 miles
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in McKee City: questions
What is the median household income in McKee City?
$68,133 (±$12,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McKee City?
10.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McKee City?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McKee City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (23%, 12 mi), Egg Harbor Township (9%, 5 mi), Hamilton Township (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around McKee City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McKee City, from the people who make the trip.
More of McKee City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.