Kirby vs Murfreesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Kirby and Murfreesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Kirby and Murfreesboro are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Murfreesboro has the higher population (1,815 vs 582 in Kirby). Kirby has the higher median household income ($77,955 vs $48,125 in Murfreesboro). Kirby has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $105,500 in Murfreesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
Population	582	1,815
Median age	47.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,955	$48,125
Median home value	$111,200	$105,500
Median gross rent	—	$536
Housing units	270	920
Homeownership rate	85.1%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
Population	878 → 582 (-33.7%)	1,904 → 1,815 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$67,708 → $77,955 (+15.1%)	$31,080 → $48,125 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $111,200 (+24.7%)	$78,100 → $105,500 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$549 → $536 (-2.4%)

Kirby

Population

878582

Median household income

$67,708$77,955

Median home value

$89,200$111,200

Murfreesboro

Population

1,9041,815

Median household income

$31,080$48,125

Median home value

$78,100$105,500

Median gross rent

$549$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
Under 5	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	12.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	4.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.7%
75 and over	14.6%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
No high school diploma	10.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	38.8%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
Drove alone	79.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	20.3%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
1-unit, detached	73.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Kirby	Murfreesboro
Poverty rate	11.2%	25.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1979	1978