Kearns metro township vs Murray

A side-by-side comparison of Kearns metro township and Murray: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murray has the higher population (49,904 vs 37,058 in Kearns metro township). Murray has the higher median household income ($87,864 vs $83,355 in Kearns metro township). Murray has the higher median home value ($470,200 vs $334,400 in Kearns metro township).

Population, income & housing

	Kearns metro township	Murray
Population	37,058	49,904
Median age	32.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,355	$87,864
Median home value	$334,400	$470,200
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,447
Housing units	10,950	21,421
Homeownership rate	82.2%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearns metro township	Murray
Population	36,581 → 37,058 (+1.3%)	49,105 → 49,904 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$64,337 → $83,355 (+29.6%)	$64,470 → $87,864 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$202,000 → $334,400 (+65.5%)	$287,100 → $470,200 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,644 (+25.6%)	$1,109 → $1,447 (+30.5%)

Kearns metro township

Population

36,58137,058

Median household income

$64,337$83,355

Median home value

$202,000$334,400

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,644

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)

	Kearns metro township	Murray
Under 5	7.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.1%
75 and over	2.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearns metro township	Murray
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	73.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.6%	0.8%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	41.0%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearns metro township	Murray
No high school diploma	20.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearns metro township	Murray
Drove alone	72.8%	67.9%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.9%	2.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.5%	18.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearns metro township	Murray
1-unit, detached	92.4%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	16.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Kearns metro township	Murray
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.3%
Average household size	3.43	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1977	1978