Marsing vs Murphy

A side-by-side comparison of Marsing and Murphy: population, income, housing, and more.

Marsing and Murphy are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marsing has the higher population (1,245 vs 188 in Murphy). Murphy has the higher median household income ($75,521 vs $57,973 in Marsing). Murphy has the higher median home value ($246,900 vs $245,000 in Marsing).

Population, income & housing

	Marsing	Murphy
Population	1,245	188
Median age	46.0 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,973	$75,521
Median home value	$245,000	$246,900
Median gross rent	$592	—
Housing units	515	60
Homeownership rate	56.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marsing	Murphy
Population	1,434 → 1,245 (-13.2%)	63 → 188 (+198.4%)
Median household income	$34,081 → $57,973 (+70.1%)	$71,302 → $75,521 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $245,000 (+75.0%)	$240,600 → $246,900 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$489 → $592 (+21.1%)	—

Marsing

Population

1,4341,245

Median household income

$34,081$57,973

Median home value

$140,000$245,000

Median gross rent

$489$592

Murphy

Population

63188

Median household income

$71,302$75,521

Median home value

$240,600$246,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marsing	Murphy
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	12.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	2.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	18.6%
45 to 54	17.4%	43.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	19.1%
75 and over	12.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marsing	Murphy
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	46.3%
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	4.4%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	53.8%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marsing	Murphy
No high school diploma	35.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marsing	Murphy
Drove alone	64.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	27.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marsing	Murphy
1-unit, detached	72.0%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Marsing	Murphy
Poverty rate	11.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1973	1993