Murchison vs Sunrise Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Murchison and Sunrise Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunrise Shores has the higher population (650 vs 516 in Murchison). Murchison has the higher median household income ($56,750 vs $37,462 in Sunrise Shores). Murchison has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $52,300 in Sunrise Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
Population	516	650
Median age	33.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,750	$37,462
Median home value	$134,400	$52,300
Median gross rent	$992	—
Housing units	222	448
Homeownership rate	65.4%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
Population	498 → 516 (+3.6%)	518 → 650 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $56,750 (+37.6%)	$65,903 → $37,462 (-43.2%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $134,400 (+57.4%)	$52,800 → $52,300 (-0.9%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $992 (+23.2%)	—

Murchison

Population

498516

Median household income

$41,250$56,750

Median home value

$85,400$134,400

Median gross rent

$805$992

Sunrise Shores

Population

518650

Median household income

$65,903$37,462

Median home value

$52,800$52,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
Under 5	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	20.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	25.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	21.2%
75 and over	9.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	96.9%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
No high school diploma	11.4%	26.8%
High school graduate	39.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
Drove alone	79.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
1-unit, detached	75.7%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	52.2%

Poverty & households

	Murchison	Sunrise Shores
Poverty rate	24.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1975	1986