McGregor is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 378 people and two associated neighborhoods, McGregor is the 472nd largest community in Minnesota.
Of important note, McGregor is also a city of artists. McGregor has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape McGregor’s character.
A relatively large number of people in McGregor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.42% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
McGregor’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, McGregor has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes McGregor 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 McGregor spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.54 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, McGregor doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of McGregor rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.34% of adults 25 and older in McGregor have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in McGregor in 2022 was $20,334, which is low income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,336 for a family of four. However, McGregor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McGregor also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.00% of its population below the federal poverty line.
McGregor is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call McGregor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McGregor residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in McGregor include German, Dutch, Norwegian, Hungarian, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in McGregor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Serbo-Croatian.