Draper vs Murray

A side-by-side comparison of Draper and Murray: population, income, housing, and more.

Draper and Murray are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Draper has the higher population (50,159 vs 49,904 in Murray). Draper has the higher median household income ($130,680 vs $87,864 in Murray). Draper has the higher median home value ($726,000 vs $470,200 in Murray).

Population, income & housing

	Draper	Murray
Population	50,159	49,904
Median age	33.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$130,680	$87,864
Median home value	$726,000	$470,200
Median gross rent	$1,812	$1,447
Housing units	16,865	21,421
Homeownership rate	71.7%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Draper	Murray
Population	48,000 → 50,159 (+4.5%)	49,105 → 49,904 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$117,266 → $130,680 (+11.4%)	$64,470 → $87,864 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$469,000 → $726,000 (+54.8%)	$287,100 → $470,200 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,812 (+28.1%)	$1,109 → $1,447 (+30.5%)

Draper

Population

48,00050,159

Median household income

$117,266$130,680

Median home value

$469,000$726,000

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,812

Murray

Population

49,10549,904

Median household income

$64,470$87,864

Median home value

$287,100$470,200

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Draper	Murray
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.1%
75 and over	3.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Draper	Murray
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	73.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	5.1%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.8%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Draper	Murray
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Draper	Murray
Drove alone	67.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.7%	2.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.4%	18.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Draper	Murray
1-unit, detached	62.8%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	11.4%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Draper	Murray
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.96	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2003	1978