Lindsborg vs McPherson

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

Lindsborg 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 3,773 in Lindsborg). McPherson has the higher median household income ($77,746 vs $69,559 in Lindsborg). McPherson has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $178,200 in Lindsborg).

Population, income & housing

	Lindsborg	McPherson
Population	3,773	13,956
Median age	35.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,559	$77,746
Median home value	$178,200	$204,300
Median gross rent	$942	$898
Housing units	1,631	6,217
Homeownership rate	74.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindsborg	McPherson
Population	3,301 → 3,773 (+14.3%)	13,054 → 13,956 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$52,813 → $69,559 (+31.7%)	$58,337 → $77,746 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $178,200 (+15.5%)	$143,700 → $204,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $942 (+41.0%)	$766 → $898 (+17.2%)

Lindsborg

Population

3,3013,773

Median household income

$52,813$69,559

Median home value

$154,300$178,200

Median gross rent

$668$942

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)

	Lindsborg	McPherson
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	16.9%	15.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.4%
75 and over	10.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindsborg	McPherson
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	85.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindsborg	McPherson
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	19.0%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindsborg	McPherson
Drove alone	78.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindsborg	McPherson
1-unit, detached	84.5%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Lindsborg	McPherson
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	16	11
Median year structure built	1966	1978