Murray vs Taylorsville

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

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

Taylorsville has the higher population (59,010 vs 49,904 in Murray). Murray has the higher median household income ($87,864 vs $85,608 in Taylorsville). Murray has the higher median home value ($470,200 vs $398,900 in Taylorsville).

Population, income & housing

	Murray	Taylorsville
Population	49,904	59,010
Median age	38.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,864	$85,608
Median home value	$470,200	$398,900
Median gross rent	$1,447	$1,432
Housing units	21,421	21,096
Homeownership rate	65.5%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murray	Taylorsville
Population	49,105 → 49,904 (+1.6%)	60,138 → 59,010 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$64,470 → $87,864 (+36.3%)	$66,311 → $85,608 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$287,100 → $470,200 (+63.8%)	$239,400 → $398,900 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $1,447 (+30.5%)	$1,054 → $1,432 (+35.9%)

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

Taylorsville

Population

60,13859,010

Median household income

$66,311$85,608

Median home value

$239,400$398,900

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murray	Taylorsville
Under 5	5.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.1%
75 and over	7.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murray	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	60.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	4.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murray	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	20.3%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murray	Taylorsville
Drove alone	67.9%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.8%
Public transit	2.3%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.4%	13.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murray	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	52.3%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	12.1%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Murray	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1978	1981