Work & commute · McKenney

Work & commute in McKenney, VA

Most working residents leave McKenney for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (9%), Dinwiddie (6%) and Hopewell (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 183 McKenney residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKenney.

183live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKenney goes to work

Richmond40.1 mi away

9%16

Dinwiddie10.2 mi away

6%12

Hopewell31.4 mi away

6%11

Petersburg23.7 mi away

5%10

Colonial Heights26.2 mi away

3%6

Newport News66.6 mi away

2%4

McKenney (in town)right here

2%3

Blackstone16.9 mi away

2%3

Emporia22.5 mi away

2%3

Bensley35.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%115

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

How far

How far McKenney commutes

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

25%

51%

17%

8%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKenney is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McKenney are

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

Jobs based in McKenney

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs McKenney residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−26%

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.

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.