What is the population of Murphy city?

Murphy city has 21,001 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #151 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Murphy city?

Median household income in Murphy city is $165,109 a year, 110.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $2,640 a month and the median home value is $508,500, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Murphy city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Murphy, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Murphy, Texas (Murphy, TX — Census place “Murphy city”) is 21,001 residents, ranking #151 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $165,109, the median home is worth $508,500 and median gross rent runs $2,640 a month. Looking for the Murphy Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Murphy, TX: 75094.

Population: 21,001Murphy city residents
Median household income: $165,109Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $508,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,640Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 90.2%Owner-occupied households

Murphy ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Murphy.

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

75094

What the numbers mean in Murphy city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Murphy city median would spend about 19.2% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.2% of residents and 90.2% of households own their home.

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

Murphy city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Murphy city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 21,001 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #151 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 91% 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 Murphy city earn a median of $165,109 a year, 110.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 155% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 2.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Murphy city is valued at $508,500, 67.6% above the national figure and 184% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,640 a month, 87.8% above the national figure, or roughly $31,680 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 90.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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What is the population of Murphy city?: Murphy city has 21,001 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #151 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Murphy city?: Median household income in Murphy city is $165,109 a year, 110.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Murphy city?: Median gross rent is $2,640 a month and the median home value is $508,500, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.
Is Murphy city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Murphy city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Murphy 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.