Elkville vs Murphysboro

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

Elkville 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 781 in Elkville). Elkville has the higher median household income ($46,600 vs $42,367 in Murphysboro). Murphysboro has the higher median home value ($79,600 vs $74,000 in Elkville).

Population, income & housing

	Elkville	Murphysboro
Population	781	6,804
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,600	$42,367
Median home value	$74,000	$79,600
Median gross rent	$729	$655
Housing units	410	3,930
Homeownership rate	66.8%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkville	Murphysboro
Population	829 → 781 (-5.8%)	7,757 → 6,804 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$39,041 → $46,600 (+19.4%)	$36,184 → $42,367 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $74,000 (+24.0%)	$70,500 → $79,600 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $729 (+26.8%)	$594 → $655 (+10.3%)

Elkville

Population

829781

Median household income

$39,041$46,600

Median home value

$59,700$74,000

Median gross rent

$575$729

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)

	Elkville	Murphysboro
Under 5	9.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	6.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.4%
75 and over	10.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkville	Murphysboro
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkville	Murphysboro
No high school diploma	20.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	25.2%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkville	Murphysboro
Drove alone	85.2%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkville	Murphysboro
1-unit, detached	71.7%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Elkville	Murphysboro
Poverty rate	22.5%	16.4%
Average household size	2.30	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1966	1963