Murraysville vs Myrtle Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Murraysville and Myrtle Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murraysville has the higher population (17,307 vs 12,404 in Myrtle Grove). Myrtle Grove has the higher median household income ($112,139 vs $75,720 in Murraysville). Myrtle Grove has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $281,600 in Murraysville).

Population, income & housing

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
Population	17,307	12,404
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,720	$112,139
Median home value	$281,600	$398,600
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,523
Housing units	7,601	4,995
Homeownership rate	76.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
Population	16,542 → 17,307 (+4.6%)	10,753 → 12,404 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$62,331 → $75,720 (+21.5%)	$78,000 → $112,139 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $281,600 (+46.4%)	$280,500 → $398,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,667 (+38.2%)	$1,180 → $1,523 (+29.1%)

Murraysville

Population

16,54217,307

Median household income

$62,331$75,720

Median home value

$192,300$281,600

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,667

Myrtle Grove

Population

10,75312,404

Median household income

$78,000$112,139

Median home value

$280,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	12.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.5%
75 and over	4.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	89.4%
Black or African American	9.4%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	15.7%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
Drove alone	82.5%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	21.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
1-unit, detached	87.4%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Murraysville	Myrtle Grove
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	2000	1997