Fairview vs Murphy

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

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

Murphy has the higher population (21,001 vs 10,570 in Fairview). Murphy has the higher median household income ($165,109 vs $107,308 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($544,800 vs $508,500 in Murphy).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Murphy
Population	10,570	21,001
Median age	50.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,308	$165,109
Median home value	$544,800	$508,500
Median gross rent	$1,875	$2,640
Housing units	4,767	5,922
Homeownership rate	73.2%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Murphy
Population	8,832 → 10,570 (+19.7%)	20,612 → 21,001 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$94,507 → $107,308 (+13.5%)	$126,196 → $165,109 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $544,800 (+44.7%)	$351,400 → $508,500 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,553 → $1,875 (+20.7%)	$2,119 → $2,640 (+24.6%)

Fairview

Population

8,83210,570

Median household income

$94,507$107,308

Median home value

$376,400$544,800

Median gross rent

$1,553$1,875

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)

	Fairview	Murphy
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	27.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	20.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	7.4%
75 and over	16.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Murphy
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	49.9%
Black or African American	7.2%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	4.7%	33.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Murphy
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	13.2%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Murphy
Drove alone	62.5%	61.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	33.4%	30.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Murphy
1-unit, detached	65.3%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.2%
20 or more units	24.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Murphy
Poverty rate	15.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.41	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	2006	2005