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McPherson, KS

13,956 Population
8.2 square miles 1,704.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 39.1 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,490 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $35,857 ±$1,267
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$77,746 ±$6,878 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $77,701 ±$3,510
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

11.9% ±3.8% (1,568  ±497) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 9.1% † 2,579 (±2% / ±560)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

10.8 minutes ±1.1 (78,760  ±9,602) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 14.5 214,195 (±0.7 / ±12,877)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

5,803 ±225 Number of households
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 12,151 ±239
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.1 (13,086  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 2.3 28,288 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.5% ±2.5% (123  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 4.8% † 321 (±1.6% / ±104)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

6,217 ±205 Number of housing units
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 13,128 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$204,300 ±$14,084 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $198,400 ±$9,405
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

18.7% ±3.5% (2,594  ±480.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 14.8% † 4,422 (±2% / ±605.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.7% ±7.2% (8,369  ±691.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 92.3% 18,496 (±4.3% / ±866.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
36% ±4.9% (3,176  ±443.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 33.1% 6,628 (±2.8% / ±551.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5% ±1.3% (701  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 2.9% 886
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

4.5% ±1.4% (488  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,189 (±0.8% / ±184)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
488 Total veterans ±157 475 Male ±155 13 Female ±22

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