Murphy vs Prosper

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

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

Prosper has the higher population (34,567 vs 21,001 in Murphy). Prosper has the higher median household income ($187,603 vs $165,109 in Murphy). Prosper has the higher median home value ($694,600 vs $508,500 in Murphy).

Population, income & housing

	Murphy	Prosper
Population	21,001	34,567
Median age	40.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$165,109	$187,603
Median home value	$508,500	$694,600
Median gross rent	$2,640	$2,152
Housing units	5,922	10,865
Homeownership rate	90.2%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	63.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murphy	Prosper
Population	20,612 → 21,001 (+1.9%)	22,517 → 34,567 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$126,196 → $165,109 (+30.8%)	$146,733 → $187,603 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$351,400 → $508,500 (+44.7%)	$459,500 → $694,600 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,119 → $2,640 (+24.6%)	$1,497 → $2,152 (+43.8%)

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

Prosper

Population

22,51734,567

Median household income

$146,733$187,603

Median home value

$459,500$694,600

Median gross rent

$1,497$2,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murphy	Prosper
Under 5	4.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	27.6%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	20.0%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.2%
75 and over	3.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murphy	Prosper
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	65.0%
Black or African American	10.8%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	33.4%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murphy	Prosper
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.1%
High school graduate	13.1%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murphy	Prosper
Drove alone	61.9%	60.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.7%	33.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murphy	Prosper
1-unit, detached	97.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Murphy	Prosper
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.0%
Average household size	3.56	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2005	2013