Work & commute · McKee

Work & commute in McKee, KY

Most working residents leave McKee for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are London (7%), Annville (7%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 194 McKee residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKee.

194live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

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Where McKee goes to work

McKee (in town)right here

7%15

London22.1 mi away

7%15

Annville6.9 mi away

7%14

Lexington-Fayette urban county49.5 mi away

6%13

Richmond26.9 mi away

5%11

Manchester22.9 mi away

4%9

Berea20.2 mi away

2%4

Danville45.7 mi away

1%3

Nicholasville45 mi away

1%3

Paintsville70 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%120

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far McKee commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

28%

20%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKee is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McKee are

324 jobs are based in McKee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McKee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McKee

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs McKee residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−11%

Jobs based in McKee, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 324. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.