Murphy vs Pevely

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

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

Murphy has the higher population (8,566 vs 6,037 in Pevely). Murphy has the higher median household income ($73,373 vs $64,660 in Pevely). Pevely has the higher median home value ($203,700 vs $177,500 in Murphy).

Population, income & housing

	Murphy	Pevely
Population	8,566	6,037
Median age	36.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,373	$64,660
Median home value	$177,500	$203,700
Median gross rent	$961	$844
Housing units	3,851	2,357
Homeownership rate	80.2%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murphy	Pevely
Population	7,961 → 8,566 (+7.6%)	5,893 → 6,037 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$51,611 → $73,373 (+42.2%)	$55,980 → $64,660 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $177,500 (+34.6%)	$132,500 → $203,700 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $961 (+5.1%)	$702 → $844 (+20.2%)

Murphy

Population

7,9618,566

Median household income

$51,611$73,373

Median home value

$131,900$177,500

Median gross rent

$914$961

Pevely

Population

5,8936,037

Median household income

$55,980$64,660

Median home value

$132,500$203,700

Median gross rent

$702$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murphy	Pevely
Under 5	5.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.4%
75 and over	7.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murphy	Pevely
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murphy	Pevely
No high school diploma	9.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murphy	Pevely
Drove alone	74.8%	73.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murphy	Pevely
1-unit, detached	67.8%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Murphy	Pevely
Poverty rate	11.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1978	1997