Murphy, Texas demographics

Murphy, TX demographics: median age 41.7; 62.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Murphy city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4850100. The survey estimates a population of 21,188 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Murphy is 41.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.3 years. There are 6,015 households (±301). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	41.7 ±2.3	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,188
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	6,152 ±737	29.0% ±3.5 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	3,083 ±472	14.6% ±2.2 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	9,569 ±748	45.2% ±3.5 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	2,384 ±405	11.3% ±1.9 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,188
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	10,468 ±478	49.4% ±2.3 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	10,720 ±480	50.6% ±2.3 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,188
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	10,967 ±1,181	51.8% ±5.6 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,524 ±511	7.2% ±2.4 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	52 ±69 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,873 ±1,268	32.4% ±6.0 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±28 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	128 ±118 · low precision	0.6% ±0.6 pp · low precision	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,644 ±426	7.8% ±2.0 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,188
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,235 ±324	95.5% ±1.5 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	953 ±312	4.5% ±1.5 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,015
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,978 ±288	82.8% ±2.4 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	349 ±115	5.8% ±1.9 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	394 ±160	6.6% ±2.6 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	230 ±102	3.8% ±1.7 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	64 ±59 · low precision	1.1% ±1.0 pp · low precision	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,015
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,150 ±230	52.4% ±2.8 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	2,865 ±342	47.6% ±5.2 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,015
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	230 ±102	3.8% ±1.7 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,747 ±273	29.0% ±4.3 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,376 ±291	22.9% ±4.7 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,467 ±353	24.4% ±5.7 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	655 ±195	10.9% ±3.2 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	341 ±175 · low precision	5.7% ±2.9 pp · low precision	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	199 ±110 · low precision	3.3% ±1.8 pp · low precision	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,188
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	15,867 ±708	74.9% ±3.3 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,321 ±712	25.1% ±3.4 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 20,625
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	13,509 ±1,073	65.5% ±5.2 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	387 ±184	1.9% ±0.9 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	10 ±17 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	140 ±125 · low precision	0.7% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±28 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	3,084 ±1,186	15.0% ±5.7 pp	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	39 ±64 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	465 ±249 · low precision	2.3% ±1.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,095 ±449	5.3% ±2.2 pp	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	95 ±104 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,163 ±501	5.6% ±2.4 pp	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	344 ±193 · low precision	1.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	294 ±192 · low precision	1.4% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 13,011
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	710 ±273	5.5% ±2.1 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	1,440 ±372	11.1% ±2.8 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,849 ±372	14.2% ±2.8 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	929 ±254	7.1% ±1.9 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,425 ±614	34.0% ±4.5 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,658 ±553	28.1% ±4.1 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 21,129
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	20,355 ±305	96.3% ±1.4 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	195 ±122 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 pp · low precision	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	186 ±118 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 pp · low precision	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	180 ±173 · low precision	0.9% ±0.8 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	213 ±166 · low precision	1.0% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.0% of Murphy residents (±2.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 97.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Murphy	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.0% ±2.2 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	97.3% ±1.5 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.7% ±1.5 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Murphy . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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