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Murfreesboro, TN

168,382 Population
64.5 square miles 2,608.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,646 ±$2,897 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $49,568 ±$1,211
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$84,457 ±$6,545 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $88,800 ±$2,438
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.2% ±2.5% (15,025  ±4,004) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 9.7% 204,494 (±0.8% / ±16,279)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,965,575  ±79,171) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 27.8 24,610,776 (±0.2 / ±250,718)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

64,232 ±2,605 Number of households
  • the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 869,185 ±6,490
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (163,701  ±268) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 2.4 2,111,964 (±0 / ±2,812)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.5% ±2.1% (2,252  ±1,047) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 5.2% † 28,176 (±0.7% / ±3,995)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

71,868 ±2,535 Number of housing units
  • the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 948,297 ±1,297
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$456,700 ±$18,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $449,300 ±$5,578
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.8% ±4% (32,901  ±6,638.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 14.2% 302,838 (±0.9% / ±18,749)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.8% ±5.3% (96,787  ±6,417.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 92.6% 1,358,780 (±1.4% / ±20,438.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.4% ±3.8% (41,820  ±4,140.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 43.3% 636,029 (±0.9% / ±13,228)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.5% ±1.5% (12,667  ±2,581) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 10.1% 217,828 (±0.6% / ±11,762)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±1.8% (8,830  ±2,309) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 6.1% 101,512 (±0.4% / ±5,765)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,830 Total veterans ±2,309 8,075 Male ±2,294 755 Female ±470

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