Murchison vs Payne Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Murchison and Payne Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Payne Springs has the higher population (648 vs 516 in Murchison). Murchison has the higher median household income ($56,750 vs $42,841 in Payne Springs). Payne Springs has the higher median home value ($170,200 vs $134,400 in Murchison).

Population, income & housing

	Murchison	Payne Springs
Population	516	648
Median age	33.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,750	$42,841
Median home value	$134,400	$170,200
Median gross rent	$992	$1,125
Housing units	222	410
Homeownership rate	65.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murchison	Payne Springs
Population	498 → 516 (+3.6%)	732 → 648 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $56,750 (+37.6%)	$40,750 → $42,841 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $134,400 (+57.4%)	$107,000 → $170,200 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $992 (+23.2%)	$967 → $1,125 (+16.3%)

Murchison

Population

498516

Median household income

$41,250$56,750

Median home value

$85,400$134,400

Median gross rent

$805$992

Payne Springs

Population

732648

Median household income

$40,750$42,841

Median home value

$107,000$170,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murchison	Payne Springs
Under 5	11.2%	8.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	6.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	20.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.7%
75 and over	9.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murchison	Payne Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murchison	Payne Springs
No high school diploma	11.4%	13.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murchison	Payne Springs
Drove alone	79.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murchison	Payne Springs
1-unit, detached	75.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Murchison	Payne Springs
Poverty rate	24.8%	20.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1975	1983