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Place dossier plate
SheetUT-MURRAY-UT · Murray, UT 49,904 pop · income 69th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Murray
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Murray on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Harrisburg · lowest
47,783
Harrisburg · lowest
47,783 median HH income
36.6% of the leader · rank #1
New Liberty · near
87,857
New Liberty · near
87,857 median HH income
67.2% of the leader · rank #2
Woolstock · near
87,857
Woolstock · near
87,857 median HH income
67.2% of the leader · rank #3
Murray · this city
87,864
Murray · this city
87,864 median HH income
67.2% of the leader · rank #4
Double Horn · near
87,866
Double Horn · near
87,866 median HH income
67.2% of the leader · rank #5
Lake Hamilton · near
87,870
Lake Hamilton · near
87,870 median HH income
67.2% of the leader · rank #6
Draper · highest
130,680
Draper · highest
130,680 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Murray on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 49,904.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Murray - the verdict
Nationally, Murray sits in the 69th percentile for household income and the 10th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
69th
percentile, household income
83rd
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
10th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Murray, UT
Murray is a small city in Utah, home to 49,904 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Murray brings in $87,864 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.5%. Typical homes in Murray are valued around $470,200, and the median resident age is 38.2 years. Educational attainment runs 40.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 316 residential building permits were authorized in Murray (Building Boom), up 96% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Murray's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 3596.8 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, above the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,313 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Utah run around $178, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 16.7 minutes, with 67.9% driving alone and 18.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 36.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Murray's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to reported crime to housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Murray, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Murray?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.7 minutes.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +2,661 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 316 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Murray?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3596.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 58% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Murray?
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Draper (50,159 residents, $130,680 income); Eagle Mountain (49,514 residents, $105,576 income); Logan (53,923 residents, $56,764 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Downers Grove, IL (49,867 residents); Sheboygan, WI (49,812 residents); Harrisburg, PA (50,092 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Murray?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Household income
$87,864
Home value
$470,200
Value / income
5.4×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The NCES join finds 12 public schools within the city match. 40.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
12
Bachelor's degree+
40.7%
Poverty estimate
4.5%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 4.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
C
City profile score · Murray, UT
58/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B+
40.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$87,864
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime F
278 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Murray profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 76/100 (B+) · 40.7%
Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.5%
Household income: 67/100 (B-) · $87,864
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Violent crime: 36/100 (F) · 278 /100k
Where Murray sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Murray's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Murray highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Murray, UT (this city): home $470,200, crime 3,597/100k
Downers Grove, IL : home $439,000, crime 985/100k
Sheboygan, WI : home $165,200, crime 1,715/100k
Harrisburg, PA : home $121,000, crime 2,755/100k
Covina, CA : home $666,000, crime 1,965/100k
Jeffersonville, IN : home $208,500, crime 1,988/100k
Rockwall, TX : home $382,400, crime 1,519/100k
Draper, UT : home $726,000, crime 1,273/100k
Logan, UT : home $341,000, crime 1,268/100k
Riverton, UT : home $543,900, crime 968/100k
Saratoga Springs, UT : home $567,200, crime 666/100k
How does Murray compare to other US cities?
Where Murray sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income69% higher than other cities
Home value83% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
Safety10% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Utah alone, Murray ranks #64 of 67 Utah cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Murray against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Murray near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Murray ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Murray only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#134 of 293
54th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#96 of 301
68th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#142 of 310
54th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#73 of 310
76th percentile in Utah
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
69th percentile nationally for median household income · 10th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Murray's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Murray's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Murray's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$470,20017th percentilemore affordable than 17% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Murray's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,383 of 15,516
More affordable than 14% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,760 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.4×, Murray sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,383 of 15,516 and #2,760 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$87,864Murray, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Murray, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Murray, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)40.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
49,904
Median Income
$87,864
Median Home Value
$470,200
Median Age
38.2
Poverty Rate
4.5%
Labor force participation
68.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
40.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3596.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
278.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3318.6
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
12
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Murray's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
50,636 residents
2021
50,067 residents
2022
51,305 residents
2023
52,474 residents
2024
53,376 residents
2025
53,297 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
316
housing units authorized
Single-Family
209
detached homes
Multifamily
107
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
161
161
0
$46.2M
2020
132
132
0
$36.2M
2021
415
101
314
$102.0M
2022
490
42
448
$75.2M
2023
424
49
375
$98.0M
2024
316
209
107
$90.7M
Permit volume increased 96% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.7 minutes
Drive Alone
67.9%
Carpool
9.1%
Public Transit
2.3%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
18.4%
Other
1.6%
Based on 27,570 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Murray. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Murray is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Murray sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Murray compares to similar-size Utah cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.