About Mcgehee

Mcgehee is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 4,639 people and just one neighborhood, Mcgehee is the 77th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mcgehee is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mcgehee is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mcgehee who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.12%), sales jobs (9.80%), and farm management (6.19%).

In addition, many people in Mcgehee have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

One of the benefits of Mcgehee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.53 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.

Being a small city, Mcgehee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Mcgehee Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Mcgehee rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.65% of adults 25 and older in Mcgehee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Mcgehee in 2000 was $14,191, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $56,764 for a family of four.

Mcgehee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mcgehee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mcgehee is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mcgehee include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Mcgehee is English.