McKee’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, McKee has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes McKee a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of McKee spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.24 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, McKee doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of McKee has a very low overall level of education: only 9.80% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in McKee in 2022 was $16,685, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,740 for a family of four. McKee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.99% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call McKee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McKee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McKee include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in McKee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
