Arnold vs Murphy

A side-by-side comparison of Arnold and Murphy: population, income, housing, and more.

Arnold and Murphy are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arnold has the higher population (20,884 vs 8,566 in Murphy). Arnold has the higher median household income ($75,194 vs $73,373 in Murphy). Arnold has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $177,500 in Murphy).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Murphy
Population	20,884	8,566
Median age	39.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,194	$73,373
Median home value	$209,700	$177,500
Median gross rent	$1,085	$961
Housing units	9,202	3,851
Homeownership rate	79.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Murphy
Population	21,146 → 20,884 (-1.2%)	7,961 → 8,566 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$66,670 → $75,194 (+12.8%)	$51,611 → $73,373 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $209,700 (+33.1%)	$131,900 → $177,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,085 (+13.6%)	$914 → $961 (+5.1%)

Arnold

Population

21,14620,884

Median household income

$66,670$75,194

Median home value

$157,600$209,700

Median gross rent

$955$1,085

Murphy

Population

7,9618,566

Median household income

$51,611$73,373

Median home value

$131,900$177,500

Median gross rent

$914$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Murphy
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.7%
75 and over	8.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Murphy
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.2%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Murphy
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Murphy
Drove alone	85.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.1%	11.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Murphy
1-unit, detached	78.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Murphy
Poverty rate	7.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1978