Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 4.0McKenney has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% stay in McKenney for work; outside it, Richmond is the main destination (9%, 40 miles). Employers in McKenney report 45 jobs; 186 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 1% of workers, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
McKenney quiets down on a workday
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in McKenney on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Out of McKenney to work: where people go
Where McKenney clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
What McKenney’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McKenney, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 45. 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 McKenney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
McKenney’s commute takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McKenney workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 173 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% 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.
How far it is to work from McKenney
About 17% 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 McKenney: questions
What is the median household income in McKenney?
$52,500 (±$25,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McKenney?
37.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McKenney?
42 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McKenney work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (9%, 40 mi), Dinwiddie (6%, 10 mi), Hopewell (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McKenney without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McKenney, from the people who make the trip.
More of McKenney
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.