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Murphy, NC

1,604 Population
2.6 square miles 623.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±5.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Cherokee County: 53.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,278 ±$5,305 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $31,569 ±$1,263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$37,263 ±$13,177 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $53,628 ±$3,764
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.5% ±6.4% (262  ±109) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 12.4% † 3,622 (±1.7% / ±509)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

14.4 minutes ±6.1 (9,380  ±2,617) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Cherokee County: 25.2 263,105 (±1.3 / ±21,957)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

792 ±177 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 13,241 ±406
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.9 ±0.6 (1,498  ±305) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 29,172 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.1% ±3.2% (13  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.1% † 311 (±2.7% / ±135)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

955 ±189 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 18,404 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$250,000 ±$66,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $232,300 ±$11,614
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

12.1% ±4.4% (193  ±78.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 10.5% † 3,071 (±2.1% / ±623.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89% ±9.5% (1,030  ±221.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 92.2% 21,359 (±4.1% / ±952.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
26.8% ±7.4% (310  ±103.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,601 (±2% / ±473.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

1.5% ±1.3% (24  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 1.9% 565
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

10.3% ±5.8% (131  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 10.2% † 2,522 (±1.5% / ±375)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
131 Total veterans ±77 122 Male ±75 9 Female ±10

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