Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.45 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, McGehee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of McGehee are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.64% of adults in McGehee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in McGehee in 2022 was $20,928, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,712 for a family of four. However, McGehee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McGehee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.79% of its population below the federal poverty line.
McGehee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call McGehee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McGehee residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in McGehee include African, English, Irish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in McGehee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
