Bison vs McCracken

A side-by-side comparison of Bison and McCracken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bison has the higher population (201 vs 120 in McCracken). Bison has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $39,375 in McCracken). Bison has the higher median home value ($51,000 vs $29,100 in McCracken).

Population, income & housing

	Bison	McCracken
Population	201	120
Median age	42.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$39,375
Median home value	$51,000	$29,100
Housing units	122	96
Homeownership rate	97.8%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bison	McCracken
Population	167 → 201 (+20.4%)	141 → 120 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $63,250 (+59.4%)	$50,132 → $39,375 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $51,000 (-2.9%)	$41,300 → $29,100 (-29.5%)

Bison

Population

167201

Median household income

$39,688$63,250

Median home value

$52,500$51,000

McCracken

Population

141120

Median household income

$50,132$39,375

Median home value

$41,300$29,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bison	McCracken
Under 5	6.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	8.0%	10.0%
18 to 24	14.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	2.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	24.2%
55 to 64	22.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	21.7%
75 and over	6.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bison	McCracken
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bison	McCracken
No high school diploma	2.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bison	McCracken
Drove alone	93.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bison	McCracken
1-unit, detached	97.5%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bison	McCracken
Poverty rate	24.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.21	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938