Mokelumne Hill vs Murphys

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

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

Murphys has the higher population (1,821 vs 1,049 in Mokelumne Hill). Mokelumne Hill has the higher median household income ($86,480 vs $54,875 in Murphys). Murphys has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $365,700 in Mokelumne Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
Population	1,049	1,821
Median age	47.8 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,480	$54,875
Median home value	$365,700	$506,300
Median gross rent	$2,056	$1,581
Housing units	464	1,303
Homeownership rate	77.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
Population	691 → 1,049 (+51.8%)	2,188 → 1,821 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$44,939 → $86,480 (+92.4%)	$48,246 → $54,875 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$243,300 → $365,700 (+50.3%)	$302,300 → $506,300 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,490 → $2,056 (+38.0%)	$1,606 → $1,581 (-1.6%)

Mokelumne Hill

Population

6911,049

Median household income

$44,939$86,480

Median home value

$243,300$365,700

Median gross rent

$1,490$2,056

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)

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
Under 5	9.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	4.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	31.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	25.1%
75 and over	2.7%	21.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	17.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	50.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
Drove alone	68.3%	68.4%
Carpooled	30.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	21.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
1-unit, detached	97.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Mokelumne Hill	Murphys
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.26	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1981	1979