McRoberts is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.5 km2), of which 1.70 acres (6,881 m2), or 0.05%, are water.

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 921 people, 359 households, and 272 families residing in the CDP.

22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Paul Toth, a major league pitcher in the 1960s, was born in McRoberts, although he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.