Mckinney is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 54,384 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Mckinney is the 46th largest community in Texas.

Mckinney has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Mckinney, where the median household income is $63,366.

Mckinney is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mckinney is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mckinney who work in management occupations (14.45%), office and administrative support jobs (13.87%), and sales jobs (13.03%).

Also of interest is that Mckinney has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Mckinney is a very car-oriented city: 97.5% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Mckinney is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Mckinney Information and Demographics

The citizens of Mckinney are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.09% of adults in Mckinney have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mckinney in 2000 was $28,185, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,740 for a family of four.

Mckinney is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mckinney home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mckinney is White, followed by African-American. Mckinney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.30% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mckinney include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Mckinney is English. Some people also speak Spanish.