Galva vs McPherson

A side-by-side comparison of Galva and McPherson: population, income, housing, and more.

Galva and McPherson are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McPherson has the higher population (13,956 vs 997 in Galva). Galva has the higher median household income ($87,750 vs $77,746 in McPherson). McPherson has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $197,200 in Galva).

Population, income & housing

	Galva	McPherson
Population	997	13,956
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,750	$77,746
Median home value	$197,200	$204,300
Median gross rent	$875	$898
Housing units	459	6,217
Homeownership rate	83.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galva	McPherson
Population	1,015 → 997 (-1.8%)	13,054 → 13,956 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $87,750 (+24.2%)	$58,337 → $77,746 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$145,400 → $197,200 (+35.6%)	$143,700 → $204,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $875 (+25.0%)	$766 → $898 (+17.2%)

Galva

Population

1,015997

Median household income

$70,625$87,750

Median home value

$145,400$197,200

Median gross rent

$700$875

McPherson

Population

13,05413,956

Median household income

$58,337$77,746

Median home value

$143,700$204,300

Median gross rent

$766$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galva	McPherson
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	15.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.4%
75 and over	6.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galva	McPherson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galva	McPherson
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	21.0%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galva	McPherson
Drove alone	90.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galva	McPherson
1-unit, detached	90.2%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Galva	McPherson
Poverty rate	6.0%	11.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	11
Median year structure built	1985	1978