Murray vs Stratford Downtown

A side-by-side comparison of Murray and Stratford Downtown: population, income, housing, and more.

Murray and Stratford Downtown are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stratford Downtown has the higher population (1,758 vs 688 in Murray). Murray has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $73,875 in Stratford Downtown). Murray has the higher median home value ($970,800 vs $291,300 in Stratford Downtown).

Population, income & housing

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
Population	688	1,758
Median age	44.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$73,875
Median home value	$970,800	$291,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,245
Housing units	296	775
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.5%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
Population	898 → 688 (-23.4%)	1,484 → 1,758 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$139,479 → $250,001 (+79.2%)	$67,833 → $73,875 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$717,600 → $970,800 (+35.3%)	$229,400 → $291,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,141 → $1,245 (+9.1%)

Murray

Population

898688

Median household income

$139,479$250,001

Median home value

$717,600$970,800

Stratford Downtown

Population

1,4841,758

Median household income

$67,833$73,875

Median home value

$229,400$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
Under 5	7.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.1%
75 and over	5.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	70.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.7%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	4.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	52.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
Drove alone	62.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	9.8%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	28.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Murray	Stratford Downtown
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1976	1958