De Soto vs Murphysboro

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Murphysboro: population, income, housing, and more.

De Soto and Murphysboro are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Murphysboro has the higher population (6,804 vs 1,701 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($52,131 vs $42,367 in Murphysboro). De Soto has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $79,600 in Murphysboro).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Murphysboro
Population	1,701	6,804
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,131	$42,367
Median home value	$88,800	$79,600
Median gross rent	$749	$655
Housing units	812	3,930
Homeownership rate	45.1%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Murphysboro
Population	1,697 → 1,701 (+0.2%)	7,757 → 6,804 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $52,131 (+20.3%)	$36,184 → $42,367 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $88,800 (+9.5%)	$70,500 → $79,600 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $749 (+18.7%)	$594 → $655 (+10.3%)

De Soto

Population

1,6971,701

Median household income

$43,333$52,131

Median home value

$81,100$88,800

Median gross rent

$631$749

Murphysboro

Population

7,7576,804

Median household income

$36,184$42,367

Median home value

$70,500$79,600

Median gross rent

$594$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Murphysboro
Under 5	6.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	17.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	6.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.4%
75 and over	5.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Murphysboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Murphysboro
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Murphysboro
Drove alone	76.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.2%
Other means	2.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Murphysboro
1-unit, detached	61.5%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Murphysboro
Poverty rate	16.6%	16.4%
Average household size	2.20	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1978	1963