City safety & data profile

McPhersonKS

McPherson, KS is a 13K-resident city in McPherson County with a median household income of $77,529.

McPherson County, Kansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for McPherson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. McPherson has a population larger than 19% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $211,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 20%
By size
$77,529
Median income (place)
$211,700
Median home (place)
13.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on McPherson

McPherson posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the McPherson area.

Bottom 47%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near McPherson

Where McPherson income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$77,529 Bottom 46% higher than 46% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

McPherson $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in KS

Population among 36 KS places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Wichita is the largest KS city on this list; Leawood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in KS

Median household income among the same 36-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Leawood posts the highest place-level median income in KS; Wichita is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading McPherson, KS beyond the headline numbers

McPherson sits inside McPherson County, Kansas, at roughly 38.37°N, -97.66°W. Population 13,144, $77,529 median household income. Median home value $211,700, median rent $925. Poverty rate 13.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around McPherson, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in McPherson, KS stands at 13.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in McPherson runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5% of McPherson workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Public transit carries 0% of McPherson workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for McPherson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,144
McPherson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$77,529
-13% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$211,700
-49% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (McPherson County): McPherson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
30K+3%
Median Income
$78,851+46%
Median Home Value
$211,200+70%
Poverty Rate
9.5%+16%
Unemployment
1.8%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for McPherson, KS
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$925/mo
Poverty Rate
13.5% +9% vs avg
Unemployment 1.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 38.4%
Work From Home 5%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 90%
African American 2.6%
Asian 0.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
37.2%
High Blood Pressure
33.9%
Short Sleep Duration
33.7%
Physical Inactivity
26.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.3%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Current Smoking
13.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.2%
Diabetes
10.1%
Current Asthma
10%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.9%
Annual Checkup 76.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MCPHERSON HOSPITAL
MCPHERSON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect McPherson?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for McPherson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet KS-MCPHERSON · McPherson

McPherson: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: McPherson

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for McPherson.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to McPherson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Kansas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of McPherson, KS? ▼
McPherson, KS has a population of 13,144 people, located in McPherson County, Kansas.
What is the median household income in McPherson? ▼
The median household income in McPherson, KS is $77,529 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.5%.
What is the median home value in McPherson? ▼
The median home value in McPherson, KS is $211,700. Median rent is $925/month.
What are the top health concerns in McPherson? ▼
The top health indicators in McPherson include Obesity (37.2%), High Blood Pressure (33.9%), Short Sleep Duration (33.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in McPherson? ▼
McPherson has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in McPherson? ▼
The median age in McPherson, KS is 35.4 years. 38.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for McPherson, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KS (13.5% here).

Omaha, NE 13.5% Richmond, CA 13.5% Brockton, MA 13.5% Baldwin Park, CA 13.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KS ($77,529 here).

Gallatin, TN $77,518 Palm Desert, CA $77,513 Sanger, CA $77,500 East Wenatchee, WA $77,558

Compare McPherson with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Hutchinson, KS 42K Newton, KS 19K Salina, KS 48K Wichita, KS 396K Andover, KS 13K Haysville, KS 11K Derby, KS 24K El Dorado, KS 13K
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Using McPherson's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the McPherson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare McPherson against Kansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (McPherson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.