What is the population of Murphysboro city?

Murphysboro city has 6,804 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #291 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Murphysboro city?

Median household income in Murphysboro city is $42,367 a year, 46.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Murphysboro city?

Median gross rent is $655 a month and the median home value is $79,600, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.

Is Murphysboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Murphysboro city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Murphysboro, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Murphysboro, Illinois (Murphysboro, IL — Census place “Murphysboro city”) is 6,804 residents, ranking #291 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $42,367, the median home is worth $79,600 and median gross rent runs $655 a month. Looking for the Murphysboro Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Murphysboro, IL: 62966.

Population: 6,804Murphysboro city residents
Median household income: $42,367Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $79,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $655Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 48.6%Owner-occupied households

Murphysboro ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Murphysboro.

The Murphysboro IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

62966

What the numbers mean in Murphysboro city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Murphysboro city median would spend about 18.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.4% of residents and 48.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Murphysboro city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Murphysboro city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 6,804 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #291 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 40 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Murphysboro city earn a median of $42,367 a year, 46.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 43% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Murphysboro city is valued at $79,600, 73.8% below the national figure and 56% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $655 a month, 53.4% below the national figure, or roughly $7,860 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 48.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Murphysboro city?: Murphysboro city has 6,804 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #291 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Murphysboro city?: Median household income in Murphysboro city is $42,367 a year, 46.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Murphysboro city?: Median gross rent is $655 a month and the median home value is $79,600, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.
Is Murphysboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Murphysboro city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Murphysboro city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.