Murdock vs Penalosa

A side-by-side comparison of Murdock and Penalosa: population, income, housing, and more.

Murdock and Penalosa are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Murdock has the higher population (39 vs 3 in Penalosa). Since 2019, Penalosa's population has grown faster (+50.0% vs +44.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Murdock	Penalosa
Population	39	3
Median age	65.4 yrs	68.5 yrs
Housing units	17	2
Homeownership rate	52.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murdock	Penalosa
Population	27 → 39 (+44.4%)	2 → 3 (+50.0%)

Murdock

Population

2739

Penalosa

Population

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murdock	Penalosa
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	33.3%
65 to 74	35.9%	33.3%
75 and over	20.5%	33.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murdock	Penalosa
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murdock	Penalosa
No high school diploma	9.4%	33.3%
High school graduate	56.3%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murdock	Penalosa
Drove alone	37.5%	—
Carpooled	31.3%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	31.3%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murdock	Penalosa
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Murdock	Penalosa
Poverty rate	64.1%	33.3%
Average household size	2.29	1.50
Median year structure built	1938	—