One of the benefits of McPherson is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.83 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, McPherson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of McPherson are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.95% of adults in McPherson have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in McPherson in 2022 was $34,490, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,960 for a family of four. However, McPherson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
McPherson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call McPherson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McPherson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McPherson include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in McPherson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
