McPherson is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 13,865 people and three associated neighborhoods, McPherson is the 27th largest community in Kansas.

Also of interest is that McPherson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the benefits of McPherson is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.67 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 education level of McPherson citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.52% of adults in McPherson have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in McPherson in 2018 was $33,449, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,796 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.