With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of McKinley works elsewhere
21% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. McKinley has 8 jobs, against 180 working residents. Hardly any work in McKinley; the top destination outside it is Frederic (9%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in McKinley, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in McKinley on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
Commuting out of McKinley: the destinations
Where McKinley clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
McKinley is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McKinley, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 8. 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 McKinley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for McKinley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McKinley workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 143 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Miles to work from McKinley
About 39% 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.
McKinley and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McKinley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley | – | — | — | 30 min | $54,821 |
| Maple Plain | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lorain | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Bone Lake | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Johnstown | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Plain, Lorain, Bone Lake and Johnstown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McKinley’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 McKinley: questions
What is the median household income in McKinley?
$54,821 (±$15,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McKinley?
13.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McKinley?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McKinley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederic (9%, 12 mi), St. Croix Falls (4%, 23 mi), Amery (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McKinley without a car?
1% 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 McKinley, from the people who make the trip.
More of McKinley
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.