Photo: Batterup55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in McLean
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. 1% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Only 3% stay in McLean for work; outside it, Pampa is the main destination (26%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
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
26% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in McLean
170 jobs are based in McLean.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McLean, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 170. 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.
From McLean, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McLean workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 361 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% 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 48% 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 McLean: questions
What is the median household income in McLean?
$63,000 (±$37,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McLean?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McLean?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McLean work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pampa (26%, 30 mi), Amarillo (11%, 70 mi), Lubbock (4%, 137 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McLean without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.