Marquette vs McPherson

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

Marquette 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 637 in Marquette). McPherson has the higher median household income ($77,746 vs $59,400 in Marquette). McPherson has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $87,100 in Marquette).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette	McPherson
Population	637	13,956
Median age	51.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,400	$77,746
Median home value	$87,100	$204,300
Median gross rent	$733	$898
Housing units	340	6,217
Homeownership rate	79.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette	McPherson
Population	801 → 637 (-20.5%)	13,054 → 13,956 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $59,400 (+17.6%)	$58,337 → $77,746 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $87,100 (+1.8%)	$143,700 → $204,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $733 (+9.6%)	$766 → $898 (+17.2%)

Marquette

Population

801637

Median household income

$50,500$59,400

Median home value

$85,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$669$733

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)

	Marquette	McPherson
Under 5	3.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	15.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	24.2%	8.4%
75 and over	11.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette	McPherson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette	McPherson
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	46.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette	McPherson
Drove alone	92.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	0.6%	5.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette	McPherson
1-unit, detached	96.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Marquette	McPherson
Poverty rate	14.4%	11.9%
Average household size	2.05	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	11
Median year structure built	1938	1978