Murray vs Weeping Water

A side-by-side comparison of Murray and Weeping Water: population, income, housing, and more.

Murray and Weeping Water are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Weeping Water has the higher population (1,244 vs 449 in Murray). Murray has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $67,083 in Weeping Water). Weeping Water has the higher median home value ($191,600 vs $188,200 in Murray).

Population, income & housing

	Murray	Weeping Water
Population	449	1,244
Median age	36.9 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$67,083
Median home value	$188,200	$191,600
Median gross rent	$1,000	$871
Housing units	189	453
Homeownership rate	88.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murray	Weeping Water
Population	505 → 449 (-11.1%)	910 → 1,244 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $69,583 (+7.1%)	$57,337 → $67,083 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $188,200 (+49.4%)	$133,900 → $191,600 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,000 (+25.9%)	$615 → $871 (+41.6%)

Murray

Population

505449

Median household income

$65,000$69,583

Median home value

$126,000$188,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,000

Weeping Water

Population

9101,244

Median household income

$57,337$67,083

Median home value

$133,900$191,600

Median gross rent

$615$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murray	Weeping Water
Under 5	7.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.2%
75 and over	12.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murray	Weeping Water
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	94.2%
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%	2.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murray	Weeping Water
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	33.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murray	Weeping Water
Drove alone	82.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murray	Weeping Water
1-unit, detached	93.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Murray	Weeping Water
Poverty rate	10.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1970	1959