Arnold vs Murphys

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

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

Arnold has the higher population (2,276 vs 1,821 in Murphys). Arnold has the higher median household income ($92,589 vs $54,875 in Murphys). Arnold has the higher median home value ($508,400 vs $506,300 in Murphys).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Murphys
Population	2,276	1,821
Median age	60.1 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,589	$54,875
Median home value	$508,400	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,581
Housing units	4,567	1,303
Homeownership rate	89.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Murphys
Population	2,291 → 2,276 (-0.7%)	2,188 → 1,821 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $92,589 (+60.4%)	$48,246 → $54,875 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$293,000 → $508,400 (+73.5%)	$302,300 → $506,300 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,679 (+28.1%)	$1,606 → $1,581 (-1.6%)

Arnold

Population

2,2912,276

Median household income

$57,708$92,589

Median home value

$293,000$508,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,679

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)

	Arnold	Murphys
Under 5	1.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	9.4%	4.2%
18 to 24	0.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	27.8%	25.1%
75 and over	15.6%	21.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Murphys
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Murphys
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Murphys
Drove alone	54.2%	68.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	10.1%
Other means	7.4%	21.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Murphys
1-unit, detached	96.7%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Murphys
Poverty rate	4.9%	12.2%
Average household size	2.06	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1982	1979