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Work & commute in McKinney · A commuter town

100% of McKinney’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave McKinney for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (30%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (14%) and Stanford (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 73 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Jobs based here
6
A commuter town

What kind of work town is McKinney?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

30% of working residents work in Danville

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Crescent Springs: 1 residents work here (1%)Liberty: 2 residents work here (3%)Barbourville: 1 residents work here (1%)Stanford: 3 residents work here (4%)Harrodsburg: 2 residents work here (3%)Corbin: 2 residents work here (3%)Danville: 22 residents work here (30%)Nicholasville: 3 residents work here (4%)Somerset: 3 residents work here (4%)PaducahElizabethtownLexington-Fayette urban county: 10 residents work here (14%)McKinneyDanvilleLexington-Fayette urban countyStanfordNicholasvilleSomersetLibertyMcKinney
1
Danville12.8 mi away
30%22
3
Stanford7.7 mi away
4%3
4
Nicholasville32 mi away
4%3
5
Somerset26.8 mi away
4%3
6
Liberty13.3 mi away
3%2
7
Harrodsburg22.2 mi away
3%2
8
Corbin51.2 mi away
3%2
9
Crescent Springs111.1 mi away
1%1
10
Barbourville63.1 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%24
The top trips

Where McKinney clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

McKinney quiets down on a workday

On a workday 73 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

73live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night28
Workday0
28live here− 73head out to work+ 6come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in McKinney on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of McKinney commutes less than 23 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miDanville: 30% · 12.8 miLexington-Fayette urban county: 14% · 43.7 miStanford: 4% · 7.7 miNicholasville: 4% · 32 miSomerset: 4% · 26.8 miLiberty: 3% · 13.3 miHarrodsburg: 3% · 22.2 miCorbin: 3% · 51.2 miCrescent Springs: 1% · 111.1 miBarbourville: 1% · 63.1 miDanville 30%Lexington-Fayette urban county 14%Stanford 4%Nicholasville 4%Somerset 4%McKinney
McKinneyTop destinations (size = commuters)
11%Under 10 mi8 residents
39%10–24 mi28 residents
29%25–50 mi21 residents
21%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 21% 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.

The jobs

What the 6 jobs in McKinney are

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

Jobs based in McKinneyJobs McKinney residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%25%
Trade, transport & utilities67%25%
Services: health, schools, offices33%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%36%
Over $3,333 a month33%53%

Who does it

29 or younger33%18%
30 to 5467%53%
55 and older0%29%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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