Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 12.02 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, McCook does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of McCook is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.85% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in McCook in 2022 was $34,758, which is upper middle income relative to Nebraska, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,032 for a family of four. However, McCook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call McCook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McCook residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McCook include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in McCook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
