Macksville vs St. John

A side-by-side comparison of Macksville and St. John: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. John has the higher population (1,247 vs 585 in Macksville). St. John has the higher median household income ($71,726 vs $55,214 in Macksville). Macksville has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $90,900 in St. John).

Population, income & housing

	Macksville	St. John
Population	585	1,247
Median age	30.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,214	$71,726
Median home value	$92,500	$90,900
Median gross rent	$542	$832
Housing units	265	523
Homeownership rate	66.8%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macksville	St. John
Population	500 → 585 (+17.0%)	1,390 → 1,247 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $55,214 (+18.1%)	$53,362 → $71,726 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$47,800 → $92,500 (+93.5%)	$74,500 → $90,900 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $542 (-32.8%)	$666 → $832 (+24.9%)

Macksville

Population

500585

Median household income

$46,750$55,214

Median home value

$47,800$92,500

Median gross rent

$806$542

St. John

Population

1,3901,247

Median household income

$53,362$71,726

Median home value

$74,500$90,900

Median gross rent

$666$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macksville	St. John
Under 5	4.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	25.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.1%
75 and over	2.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macksville	St. John
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macksville	St. John
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macksville	St. John
Drove alone	72.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	3.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macksville	St. John
1-unit, detached	92.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Macksville	St. John
Poverty rate	12.6%	15.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1938	1944