Filer vs Murtaugh

A side-by-side comparison of Filer and Murtaugh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Filer has the higher population (2,837 vs 146 in Murtaugh). Murtaugh has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $53,508 in Filer). Filer has the higher median home value ($224,400 vs $142,500 in Murtaugh).

Population, income & housing

	Filer	Murtaugh
Population	2,837	146
Median age	32.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,508	$58,750
Median home value	$224,400	$142,500
Median gross rent	$1,127	—
Housing units	1,101	63
Homeownership rate	73.1%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Filer	Murtaugh
Population	2,804 → 2,837 (+1.2%)	115 → 146 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$43,375 → $53,508 (+23.4%)	$63,125 → $58,750 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$149,900 → $224,400 (+49.7%)	$95,000 → $142,500 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,127 (+31.8%)	—

Filer

Population

2,8042,837

Median household income

$43,375$53,508

Median home value

$149,900$224,400

Median gross rent

$855$1,127

Murtaugh

Population

115146

Median household income

$63,125$58,750

Median home value

$95,000$142,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Filer	Murtaugh
Under 5	8.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	25.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	6.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.3%
75 and over	4.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Filer	Murtaugh
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	70.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Filer	Murtaugh
No high school diploma	18.3%	30.2%
High school graduate	24.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Filer	Murtaugh
Drove alone	81.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Filer	Murtaugh
1-unit, detached	75.8%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Filer	Murtaugh
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1982	1967