Mclean is a medium-sized town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 39,003 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Mclean is the 25th largest community in Virginia.

Mclean is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mclean is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mclean who work in management occupations (21.74%), legal occupations (10.20%), and business and financial occupations (9.63%).

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

Of important note, Mclean is also a town of artists. Mclean has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mclean's character.

A relatively large number of people in Mclean telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.53% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Mclean, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Mclean is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Mclean is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Mclean a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Mclean has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Mclean's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Mclean Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Mclean is a pretty powerful place. 75.36% of the adults in Mclean have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Mclean in 2000 was $63,209, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $252,836 for a family of four. However, Mclean contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mclean is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mclean home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mclean is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mclean include English, Irish, German, Italian, Scottish, Polish, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Mclean's cultural character, accounting for 21.33% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Mclean are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Mclean is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Arabic, and Korean.