Most of McKay commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in McKay report 6 jobs for 39 working residents. Hardly any work in McKay; the top destination outside it is Pendleton (31%, 14 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Oregon has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of McKay
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in McKay on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where McKay’s working residents head each day
Where McKay clocks in
31% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in McKay
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 McKay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long McKay spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McKay workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of McKay commutes less than 13 miles
About 29% 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.
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 McKay: questions
What is the median household income in McKay?
$120,795 (±$55,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McKay?
16.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McKay?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McKay work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pendleton (31%, 14 mi), Mission (23%, 12 mi), Portland (8%, 192 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McKay 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 McKay, from the people who make the trip.
More of McKay
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.