Coffee City vs Murchison

A side-by-side comparison of Coffee City and Murchison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murchison has the higher population (516 vs 283 in Coffee City). Murchison has the higher median household income ($56,750 vs $51,447 in Coffee City). Coffee City has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $134,400 in Murchison).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee City	Murchison
Population	283	516
Median age	62.3 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,447	$56,750
Median home value	$218,800	$134,400
Median gross rent	—	$992
Housing units	183	222
Homeownership rate	84.7%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee City	Murchison
Population	252 → 283 (+12.3%)	498 → 516 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $51,447 (-3.0%)	$41,250 → $56,750 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$209,800 → $218,800 (+4.3%)	$85,400 → $134,400 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,423 (+40.1%)	$805 → $992 (+23.2%)

Coffee City

Population

252283

Median household income

$53,036$51,447

Median home value

$209,800$218,800

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,423

Murchison

Population

498516

Median household income

$41,250$56,750

Median home value

$85,400$134,400

Median gross rent

$805$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee City	Murchison
Under 5	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	20.5%
35 to 44	3.5%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	31.4%	13.0%
75 and over	12.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee City	Murchison
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	30.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee City	Murchison
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.6%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee City	Murchison
Drove alone	73.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	16.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee City	Murchison
1-unit, detached	70.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Coffee City	Murchison
Poverty rate	8.5%	24.8%
Average household size	1.89	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1988	1975