McKenney is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 460 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. 35.75% of the McKenney workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, McKenney is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McKenney who work in sales jobs (18.13%), maintenance occupations (8.81%), and business and financial occupations (7.77%). The town 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, McKenney has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes McKenney a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In McKenney, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, McKenney doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of McKenney have a very low rate of college education: just 7.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in McKenney in 2022 was $21,684, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,736 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 38.31% 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.
