Despite the fact that it is a small borough, McKees Rocks has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the borough for affordable transportation.
The percentage of adults in McKees Rocks who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.38% of the adults in McKees Rocks have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in McKees Rocks in 2022 was $24,556, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,224 for a family of four. However, McKees Rocks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McKees Rocks also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.57% of its population below the federal poverty line.
McKees Rocks is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call McKees Rocks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McKees Rocks residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McKees Rocks include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in McKees Rocks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
