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Murphys, CA

1,951 Population
5.4 square miles 359.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.6 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Calaveras County: 52 ±0.5
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,317 ±$13,127 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Calaveras County: $43,512 ±$2,389
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$73,571 ±$25,479 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Calaveras County: $78,647 ±$6,007
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

10% ±7.1% (195  ±145) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Calaveras County: 13% † 5,956 (±1.8% / ±818)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

17.1 minutes ±9.4 (11,350  ±4,396) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Calaveras County: 34.2 524,430 (±2.7 / ±53,349)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

1,008 ±163 Number of households
  • Calaveras County: 18,437 ±647
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
1.9 ±0.3 (1,951  ±429) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Calaveras County: 2.5 45,722 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

10.8% ±11.8% (24  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calaveras County: 12.3% † 940 (±3.3% / ±257)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

1,330 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Calaveras County: 27,683 ±40
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$525,700 ±$116,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Calaveras County: $457,200 ±$13,131
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

8% ±4.9% (156  ±101.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Calaveras County: 8.3% † 3,810 (±2% / ±895.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

92% ±25.2% (1,602  ±291.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Calaveras County: 92.4% 33,198 (±4.1% / ±1,483.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
33.9% ±6.3% (590  ±163) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Calaveras County: 23.9% 8,574 (±2% / ±721.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

6.8% ±3.8% (132  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Calaveras County: 6.1% 2,841
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

10.9% ±3.7% (196  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calaveras County: 8.6% † 3,286 (±1.2% / ±465)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
196 Total veterans ±79 196 Male ±79 N/A Female ±14

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