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McPherson, KS

13,995 Population
8.2 square miles 1,709.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 39.4 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,077 ±$2,701 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $37,426 ±$1,709
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,529 ±$9,882 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $78,851 ±$5,212
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±3.7% (1,777  ±480) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 9.5% † 2,684 (±1.9% / ±551)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.4 minutes ±1.2 (82,415  ±10,235) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 14.8 214,375 (±0.8 / ±14,868)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,900 ±236 Number of households
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 12,162 ±245
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (13,017  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 2.3 28,248 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±3% (159  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 4.9% † 337 (±2.1% / ±147)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,356 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 13,176 ±41
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$211,700 ±$10,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $211,200 ±$7,894
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.3% ±4.1% (2,679  ±562.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 15.1% † 4,512 (±2.2% / ±665.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±7.1% (8,504  ±696.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 92.7% 18,636 (±4.4% / ±884.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.4% ±5% (3,455  ±462) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 34.3% 6,891 (±2.8% / ±568.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.1% ±1.2% (709  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 2.8% 847
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.8% (629  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 5.2% † 1,237 (±0.9% / ±213)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
629 Total veterans ±198 608 Male ±188 21 Female ±42

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