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Murphys, CA

1,821 Population
5.4 square miles 335.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.8 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Calaveras County: 52 ±0.7
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,689 ±$10,876 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Calaveras County: $41,078 ±$2,182
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$54,875 ±$33,431 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Calaveras County: $79,877 ±$4,638
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

12.3% ±6.6% (223  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calaveras County: 13.4% † 6,083 (±2.3% / ±1,035)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.9 minutes ±4 (13,320  ±5,504) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Calaveras County: 33.9 512,425 (±2.5 / ±50,094)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

928 ±152 Number of households
  • Calaveras County: 17,897 ±567
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2 ±0.1 (1,821  ±326) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Calaveras County: 2.5 45,469 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

3.6% ±6.5% (10  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Calaveras County: 9.8% † 744 (±3% / ±231)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

1,303 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Calaveras County: 27,579 ±32
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$506,300 ±$143,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Calaveras County: $441,800 ±$13,276
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

12.7% ±6.2% (231  ±119.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Calaveras County: 8.7% † 3,949 (±1.8% / ±830.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

91.5% ±6.2% (1,504  ±270.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Calaveras County: 93.4% 33,319 (±3.9% / ±1,386.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
31.9% ±7.5% (524  ±151.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Calaveras County: 22.2% 7,919 (±2% / ±724.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.1% ±4.4% (129  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calaveras County: 5.8% 2,674
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

10.4% ±3.9% (178  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Calaveras County: 8.8% † 3,355 (±1.2% / ±453)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
178 Total veterans ±73 178 Male ±73 N/A Female ±14

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