Andrews vs Murphy

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

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

Andrews has the higher population (1,976 vs 1,356 in Murphy). Murphy has the higher median household income ($36,989 vs $34,879 in Andrews). Murphy has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $97,600 in Andrews).

Population, income & housing

	Andrews	Murphy
Population	1,976	1,356
Median age	45.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,879	$36,989
Median home value	$97,600	$221,100
Median gross rent	$717	$354
Housing units	991	866
Homeownership rate	58.6%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andrews	Murphy
Population	1,837 → 1,976 (+7.6%)	1,671 → 1,356 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$22,206 → $34,879 (+57.1%)	$30,962 → $36,989 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $97,600 (+4.7%)	$162,000 → $221,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $717 (+50.9%)	$631 → $354 (-43.9%)

Andrews

Population

1,8371,976

Median household income

$22,206$34,879

Median home value

$93,200$97,600

Median gross rent

$475$717

Murphy

Population

1,6711,356

Median household income

$30,962$36,989

Median home value

$162,000$221,100

Median gross rent

$631$354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andrews	Murphy
Under 5	1.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	22.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	18.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.6%
75 and over	12.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andrews	Murphy
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	79.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andrews	Murphy
No high school diploma	17.5%	9.8%
High school graduate	35.0%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andrews	Murphy
Drove alone	77.0%	60.2%
Carpooled	15.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	24.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	3.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andrews	Murphy
1-unit, detached	46.9%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	24.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	39.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Andrews	Murphy
Poverty rate	23.7%	20.6%
Average household size	2.19	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1986	1969