Marble vs Murphy

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

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

Murphy has the higher population (1,356 vs 377 in Marble). Marble has the higher median household income ($49,821 vs $36,989 in Murphy). Murphy has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $203,000 in Marble).

Population, income & housing

	Marble	Murphy
Population	377	1,356
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,821	$36,989
Median home value	$203,000	$221,100
Median gross rent	—	$354
Housing units	166	866
Homeownership rate	71.6%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	43.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marble	Murphy
Population	390 → 377 (-3.3%)	1,671 → 1,356 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $49,821 (+34.0%)	$30,962 → $36,989 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $203,000 (+19.3%)	$162,000 → $221,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,051 (-3.3%)	$631 → $354 (-43.9%)

Marble

Population

390377

Median household income

$37,188$49,821

Median home value

$170,100$203,000

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,051

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)

	Marble	Murphy
Under 5	6.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	26.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	4.0%	22.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	26.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.6%
75 and over	6.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marble	Murphy
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	79.9%
Black or African American	9.8%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marble	Murphy
No high school diploma	10.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	22.7%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marble	Murphy
Drove alone	100.0%	60.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	24.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marble	Murphy
1-unit, detached	80.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Marble	Murphy
Poverty rate	6.6%	20.6%
Average household size	3.25	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	79	12
Median year structure built	1973	1969