Murdock vs Spivey

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

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

Spivey has the higher population (147 vs 39 in Murdock). Since 2019, Spivey's population has grown faster (+374.2% vs +44.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Murdock	Spivey
Population	39	147
Median age	65.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median home value	—	$73,300
Housing units	17	55
Homeownership rate	52.9%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murdock	Spivey
Population	27 → 39 (+44.4%)	31 → 147 (+374.2%)
Median home value	—	$63,800 → $73,300 (+14.9%)

Murdock

Population

2739

Spivey

Population

31147

Median home value

$63,800$73,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murdock	Spivey
Under 5	0.0%	17.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	35.9%	2.7%
75 and over	20.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murdock	Spivey
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.1%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murdock	Spivey
No high school diploma	9.4%	32.3%
High school graduate	56.3%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murdock	Spivey
Drove alone	37.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	31.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murdock	Spivey
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.5%
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%	25.5%

Poverty & households

	Murdock	Spivey
Poverty rate	64.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.29	4.74
Median year structure built	1938	1952