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Murphy, TX

21,188 Population
5.7 square miles 3,719.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$56,417 ±$5,367 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,949 ±$264
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$175,699 ±$16,778 Median household income
  • about double the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $90,275 ±$491
  • more than double the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

3% ±1.5% (644  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 825,217 (±0.2% / ±14,724)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

32.2 minutes ±4.5 (237,715  ±22,771) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 27.9 92,503,450 (±0.1 / ±507,287)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

6,015 ±301 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,891,725 ±5,313
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.5 ±0.2 (21,188  ±56) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,891,743 (±0 / ±970)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

2.2% ±1.6% (111  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 110,097 (±0.2% / ±3,289)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

6,030 ±300 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,096,731 ±1,158
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$555,500 ±$25,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $359,500 ±$1,198
  • about double the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

3.7% ±1.4% (774  ±293.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 1,085,700 (±0.2% / ±17,142.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

94.5% ±6.2% (12,301  ±934.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.6% 4,599,783 (±0.4% / ±19,177.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
62.1% ±5% (8,083  ±718.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 39.4% 2,067,948 (±0.2% / ±12,244)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

25.1% ±3.4% (5,321  ±712) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.4% 1,550,131
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

4.7% ±1.5% (701  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 325,572 (±0.1% / ±4,454)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
701 Total veterans ±228 555 Male ±194 146 Female ±136

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