Grand Tower vs Murphysboro

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

Grand Tower 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 551 in Grand Tower). Grand Tower has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $42,367 in Murphysboro). Murphysboro has the higher median home value ($79,600 vs $24,500 in Grand Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
Population	551	6,804
Median age	24.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$42,367
Median home value	$24,500	$79,600
Median gross rent	$700	$655
Housing units	245	3,930
Homeownership rate	64.2%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
Population	565 → 551 (-2.5%)	7,757 → 6,804 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)	$36,184 → $42,367 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)	$70,500 → $79,600 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)	$594 → $655 (+10.3%)

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

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)

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
Under 5	12.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	23.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.4%
75 and over	2.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
No high school diploma	13.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	40.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
Drove alone	84.2%	79.8%
Carpooled	13.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
1-unit, detached	73.5%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Grand Tower	Murphysboro
Poverty rate	22.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.74	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	40	22
Median year structure built	1960	1963