Murphy vs Wylie

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

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

Wylie has the higher population (58,991 vs 21,001 in Murphy). Murphy has the higher median household income ($165,109 vs $113,661 in Wylie). Murphy has the higher median home value ($508,500 vs $350,100 in Wylie).

Population, income & housing

	Murphy	Wylie
Population	21,001	58,991
Median age	40.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$165,109	$113,661
Median home value	$508,500	$350,100
Median gross rent	$2,640	$1,985
Housing units	5,922	19,196
Homeownership rate	90.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murphy	Wylie
Population	20,612 → 21,001 (+1.9%)	49,759 → 58,991 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$126,196 → $165,109 (+30.8%)	$92,395 → $113,661 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$351,400 → $508,500 (+44.7%)	$227,700 → $350,100 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,119 → $2,640 (+24.6%)	$1,498 → $1,985 (+32.5%)

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

Wylie

Population

49,75958,991

Median household income

$92,395$113,661

Median home value

$227,700$350,100

Median gross rent

$1,498$1,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murphy	Wylie
Under 5	4.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	27.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.8%
45 to 54	20.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.7%
75 and over	3.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murphy	Wylie
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	50.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	33.4%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murphy	Wylie
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	13.1%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murphy	Wylie
Drove alone	61.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.7%	18.0%
Other means	2.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murphy	Wylie
1-unit, detached	97.9%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Murphy	Wylie
Poverty rate	2.2%	5.6%
Average household size	3.56	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2005	2006