Murphys vs Valley Springs

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

Murphys and Valley Springs 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 972 in Valley Springs). Murphys has the higher median household income ($54,875 vs $32,004 in Valley Springs). Murphys has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $278,000 in Valley Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Murphys	Valley Springs
Population	1,821	972
Median age	62.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,875	$32,004
Median home value	$506,300	$278,000
Median gross rent	$1,581	$1,159
Housing units	1,303	279
Homeownership rate	67.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murphys	Valley Springs
Population	2,188 → 1,821 (-16.8%)	3,502 → 972 (-72.2%)
Median household income	$48,246 → $54,875 (+13.7%)	$68,898 → $32,004 (-53.5%)
Median home value	$302,300 → $506,300 (+67.5%)	$296,600 → $278,000 (-6.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,606 → $1,581 (-1.6%)	$1,632 → $1,159 (-29.0%)

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

Valley Springs

Population

3,502972

Median household income

$68,898$32,004

Median home value

$296,600$278,000

Median gross rent

$1,632$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murphys	Valley Springs
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	3.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	28.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	2.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	3.4%
65 to 74	25.1%	19.4%
75 and over	21.5%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murphys	Valley Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murphys	Valley Springs
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	26.4%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murphys	Valley Springs
Drove alone	68.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	3.8%
Other means	21.5%	11.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murphys	Valley Springs
1-unit, detached	74.1%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	24.4%

Poverty & households

	Murphys	Valley Springs
Poverty rate	12.2%	23.9%
Average household size	1.96	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1979	1968