Murdock vs Zenda

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

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

Zenda has the higher population (67 vs 39 in Murdock). Since 2019, Murdock's population has grown faster (+44.4% vs -4.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Murdock	Zenda
Population	39	67
Median age	65.4 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,875
Median home value	—	$37,500
Housing units	17	50
Homeownership rate	52.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murdock	Zenda
Population	27 → 39 (+44.4%)	70 → 67 (-4.3%)
Median household income	—	$36,250 → $41,875 (+15.5%)
Median home value	—	$50,000 → $37,500 (-25.0%)

Murdock

Population

2739

Zenda

Population

7067

Median household income

$36,250$41,875

Median home value

$50,000$37,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murdock	Zenda
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	20.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	35.9%	28.4%
75 and over	20.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murdock	Zenda
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	Zenda
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	56.3%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murdock	Zenda
Drove alone	37.5%	97.0%
Carpooled	31.3%	3.0%
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	Zenda
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
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	Zenda
Poverty rate	64.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.29	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1938	1944