Murray, UT

Census Place

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2024 Population
50,188
US Senator
Mike Lee
Republican Party
US Senator
John Curtis
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
38.7
1.31% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
6.05%
4.56% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$90,746
3.28% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$507,500
7.93% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
27,476
1.89% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Murray, UT reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

92.5% of the residents in Murray, UT are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Murray, UT are Cameo College of Essential Beauty (297 degrees awarded in 2023), Eagle Gate College-Murray (98 degrees), and Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City (13 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Murray, UT was $507,500, and the homeownership rate was 64.7%.

Most people in Murray, UT drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Murray, UT was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Murray, UT is home to a population of 50.2k people, from which 92.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 13.3% of Murray, UT residents were born outside of the country (6.69k people).

In 2024, there were 10.2 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (36.3k people) in Murray, UT than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.56k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 2.51k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

92.5%
2024 Citizenship
93.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 92.5% of Murray, UT residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Murray, UT was 93.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Murray, UT
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    36.3k ± 1.22k
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    3.56k ± 1.08k
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    2.51k ± 710
14.9%
Hispanic Population
7.5k people

In 2024, there were 10.2 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (36.3k people) in Murray, UT than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.56k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 2.51k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

14.9% of the people in Murray, UT are hispanic (7.5k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Murray, UT as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    101,934 ± 7,718 people
  2. Venezuela
    11,533 ± 2,632 people
  3. India
    9,236 ± 2,356 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Utah was Mexico, the natal country of 101,934 Utah residents, followed by Venezuela with 11,533 and India with 9,236.

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Foreign-Born Population

13.3%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
6.69k people
11.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
5.53k people

As of 2024, 13.3% of Murray, UT residents (6.69k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Murray, UT was 11.1%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    503 ± 129
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    498 ± 197
  3. Korea
    229 ± 104

Murray, UT has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.01 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Murray, UT employs 27.5k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Murray, UT were Health Care & Social Assistance (3,459 people), Educational Services (3,253 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (2,922 people), and the highest paying industries were Management of Companies & Enterprises ($128,906), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($93,056), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($81,375).

Employment

Occupations

27.5k
2024 Value
± 1,371
−1.89%
1 Year decline
± 7.08%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Murray, UT declined at a rate of −1.89%, from 28k employees to 27.5k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Murray, UT, are Management Occupations (3,765 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (3,531 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (2,244 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Murray, UT.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

27.5k
2024 Value
± 1,371
−1.89%
1 Year decline
± 7.08%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Murray, UT declined at a rate of −1.89%, from 28k employees to 27.5k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Murray, UT, are Health Care & Social Assistance (3,459 people), Educational Services (3,253 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (2,922 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Murray, UT, though some of these residents may live in Murray, UT and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$58,373
Median earning men ± $4,442
$47,395
Median earning women ± $2,345

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($100,984), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($86,250), and Public Administration ($84,688).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($81,375), Construction ($75,229), and Information ($59,212).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.78%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.7M people employed in Utah. This represents a 2.78% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 7.69%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Utah.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Utah went to Donald J. Trump with 59.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (37.8%), followed by Chase Oliver (1.14%).

Mike Lee and John Curtis are the senators currently representing the state of Utah. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Utah is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Murray, UT. Showing the available data for Utah.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (59.4%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (37.8%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Chase Oliver (1.14%)
    Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Utah went to Donald J. Trump with 59.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (37.8%), followed by Chase Oliver (1.14%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Utah for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Utah

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Mike Lee
Senator from Utah3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011
John Curtis
Senator from Utah1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Mike Lee and John Curtis are the senators currently representing Utah.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Utah over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Murray, UT awarded 408 degrees. The student population of Murray, UT in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 87 male students and 826 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Murray, UT are White (232 and 57%), Hispanic or Latino (124 and 30.5%), Black or African American (17 and 4.18%), and Asian (12 and 2.95%).

The largest universities in Murray, UT by number of degrees awarded are Cameo College of Essential Beauty (297 and 72.8%), Eagle Gate College-Murray (98 and 24%), and Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City (13 and 3.19%).

The most popular majors in Murray, UT are Nail Specialist & Manicurist (128 and 31.4%), Registered Nursing (71 and 17.4%), and Aesthetician & Skin Care Specialist (62 and 15.2%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

Measure

In 2023 in Murray, UT, the percentage of applicants admitted was 100%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 32.6%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 913 (9.53% men and 90.5% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 913 students enrolled in Murray, UT, 9.53% men and 90.5% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 482 records, of which 89.6% were women and 10.4% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Nail Specialist & Manicurist
    128 degrees awarded
  2. Aesthetician & Skin Care Specialist
    62 degrees awarded
  3. Medical Assistant
    28 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years recipients in Murray, UT was Nail Specialist & Manicurist with 128 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years from schools in Murray, UT according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Cameo College of Essential Beauty
    297 degrees awarded
  2. Eagle Gate College-Murray
    98 degrees awarded
  3. Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City
    13 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Cameo College of Essential Beauty with 297 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 19 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Murray, UT, which is 0.0488 times less than the 389 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 232 degrees mean that there were 1.87 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 124 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($18,899) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,280) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Murray, UT was $507,500 in 2024, which is 1.53 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $470,200 to $507,500, a 7.93% increase. The homeownership rate in Murray, UT is 64.7%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Murray, UT have an average commute time of 20.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Murray, UT is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$507,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$21,354
$13,256
Median Property Taxes
±$821

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Murray, UT the largest share of households pay taxes in the $2k - $3k range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Murray, UT compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

64.7%
Homeownership
2024
68.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 64.7% of the housing units in Murray, UT were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 65.5%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$90,746
Median Household Income
± $6,707
20.5k
Number of Households
± 1,174

In 2024, the median household income of the 20.5k households in Murray, UT grew to $90,746 from the previous year's value of $87,864.

The following chart displays the households in Murray, UT distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Murray, UT is from Utah.
0.475
2023 Wage GINI in Utah
0.478
2022 Wage GINI in Utah

In 2023, the income inequality in Utah was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.584% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Utah was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Utah in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (64.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (20.5%)
  3. Carpooled (10.6%)

In 2024, 64.3% of workers in Murray, UT drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (20.5%) and those who carpooled to work (10.6%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

20.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Murray, UT have a shorter commute time (20.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.26% of the workforce in Murray, UT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Murray, UT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Murray, UT have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.05% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Murray, UT (3.02k out of 49.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 65 - 74, followed by Males 35 - 44 and then Males 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Murray, UT is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

92.9% of the population of Murray, UT has health coverage, with 56.9% on employee plans, 6.88% on Medicaid, 12.9% on Medicare, 15% on non-group plans, and 1.18% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Utah see 1,785 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,785 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1441 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 248 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.7% were men and 50.3% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.9% under 18 years, 22.7% between 18 and 34 years, 37.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.7% were men and 50.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

7.07%
Uninsured
56.9%
Employer Coverage
6.88%
Medicaid
12.9%
Medicare
15%
Non-Group
1.18%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Murray, UT declined by 8.58% from 7.74% to 7.07%.

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