McKenney is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 457 people and two associated neighborhoods, McKenney is the 339th largest community in Virginia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, McKenney is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.97% of the McKenney workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, McKenney is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McKenney who work in sales jobs (12.44%), maintenance occupations (9.33%), and business and financial occupations (6.22%). Also of interest is that McKenney has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, McKenney is worth considering. One downside of living in McKenney, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.99 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, McKenney does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In McKenney, just 9.87% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in McKenney in 2022 was $22,306, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,224 for a family of four. However, McKenney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McKenney also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.38% of its population below the federal poverty line.McKenney is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McKenney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McKenney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McKenney include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Swiss. The most common language spoken in McKenney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
