Angels vs Murphys

A side-by-side comparison of Angels and Murphys: population, income, housing, and more.

Angels and Murphys are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Angels has the higher population (3,721 vs 1,821 in Murphys). Angels has the higher median household income ($60,353 vs $54,875 in Murphys). Murphys has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $444,400 in Angels).

Population, income & housing

	Angels	Murphys
Population	3,721	1,821
Median age	54.1 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,353	$54,875
Median home value	$444,400	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,732	$1,581
Housing units	1,980	1,303
Homeownership rate	84.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angels	Murphys
Population	3,875 → 3,721 (-4.0%)	2,188 → 1,821 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$53,622 → $60,353 (+12.6%)	$48,246 → $54,875 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$365,000 → $444,400 (+21.8%)	$302,300 → $506,300 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,732 (+48.0%)	$1,606 → $1,581 (-1.6%)

Angels

Population

3,8753,721

Median household income

$53,622$60,353

Median home value

$365,000$444,400

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,732

Murphys

Population

2,1881,821

Median household income

$48,246$54,875

Median home value

$302,300$506,300

Median gross rent

$1,606$1,581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angels	Murphys
Under 5	5.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	4.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	19.1%	25.1%
75 and over	9.8%	21.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angels	Murphys
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angels	Murphys
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	25.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angels	Murphys
Drove alone	70.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.1%
Other means	1.6%	21.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angels	Murphys
1-unit, detached	77.5%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Angels	Murphys
Poverty rate	13.5%	12.2%
Average household size	2.42	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1990	1979