Allen vs Murphy

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

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

Allen has the higher population (107,684 vs 21,001 in Murphy). Murphy has the higher median household income ($165,109 vs $129,130 in Allen). Murphy has the higher median home value ($508,500 vs $429,900 in Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Murphy
Population	107,684	21,001
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,130	$165,109
Median home value	$429,900	$508,500
Median gross rent	$1,877	$2,640
Housing units	37,947	5,922
Homeownership rate	69.8%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Murphy
Population	101,699 → 107,684 (+5.9%)	20,612 → 21,001 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$105,925 → $129,130 (+21.9%)	$126,196 → $165,109 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,900 (+41.7%)	$351,400 → $508,500 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,487 → $1,877 (+26.2%)	$2,119 → $2,640 (+24.6%)

Allen

Population

101,699107,684

Median household income

$105,925$129,130

Median home value

$303,300$429,900

Median gross rent

$1,487$1,877

Murphy

Population

20,61221,001

Median household income

$126,196$165,109

Median home value

$351,400$508,500

Median gross rent

$2,119$2,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Murphy
Under 5	5.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	27.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	20.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.4%
75 and over	4.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Murphy
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	49.9%
Black or African American	10.6%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	19.6%	33.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Murphy
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	13.0%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Murphy
Drove alone	66.8%	61.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	24.8%	30.7%
Other means	1.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Murphy
1-unit, detached	74.9%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	13.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Murphy
Poverty rate	4.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.96	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	2002	2005