McKee is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 797 people and three associated neighborhoods, McKee is the 277th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, McKee is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McKee is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in McKee who work in maintenance occupations (20.33%), sales jobs (18.70%), and food service (16.67%). 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. One of the benefits of McKee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.28 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. McKee is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of McKee has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.68% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in McKee in 2022 was $15,771, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,084 for a family of four. McKee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 44.42% 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. Important ancestries of people in McKee include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in McKee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
