Making a living in McLean
Working residents average 12 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%. Hardly any work in McLean itself; outside it, Ithaca draws the most (20%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in McLean: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in McLean on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places McLean commutes to
Where McLean clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
12% 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.
65% of the jobs in McLean pay over $3,333 a month
96 jobs are based in McLean.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McLean, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 96. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs McLean’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 12 minutes each way for McLean’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McLean workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from McLean, by distance
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to McLean
The biggest share goes to Groton (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of McLean’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 McLean: questions
What is the median household income in McLean?
$75,962 (±$50,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McLean?
8.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McLean?
12 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McLean work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (20%, 16 mi), Dryden (14%, 6 mi), Ithaca (12%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McLean without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McLean, from the people who make the trip.
More of McLean
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.