City safety & data profile

MurrayKY

Murray, KY is a 19K-resident city in Calloway County with a median household income of $44,091.

Calloway County, Kentucky. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Murray, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Murray has a population larger than 41% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $195,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

19K
Population (place)
Bottom 42%
By size
$44,091
Median income (place)
$195,000
Median home (place)
24.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Murray

Murray posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Murray area.

Bottom 5%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Murray

Where Murray income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$44,091 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Murray $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in KY

Population among 39 KY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Bowling Green is the largest KY city on this list; Burlington leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in KY

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Burlington posts the highest place-level median income in KY; Bowling Green is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Murray, KY beyond the headline numbers

Murray sits inside Calloway County, Kentucky, at roughly 36.61°N, -88.31°W. Population 18,954, $44,091 median household income. Median home value $195,000, median rent $870. Poverty rate 24.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Murray, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

24.1% of Murray, KY residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Murray runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.6% of Murray workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 40.7% in Murray, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Murray workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Murray's median age is 25.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Murray from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
18,954
Murray · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$44,091
-51% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$195,000
-53% vs avg
Median Age (place)
25.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Calloway County): Murray's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
38K+2%
Median Income
$52,706+33%
Median Home Value
$183,200+60%
Poverty Rate
17.2%-14%
Unemployment
4.4%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Murray, KY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$870/mo
Poverty Rate
24.1% +94% vs avg
Unemployment 5.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 36.1%
Work From Home 6.6%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 82.7%
African American 6.9%
Asian 3.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.4%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MURRAY-CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSPITAL
MURRAY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Murray?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Murray right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet KY-MURRAY-KY · Murray

Murray: 25 tagged alerts; lead category BoM weather warning.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 25 on record
  • MIX-LED 60% au-weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 16 · El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Murray

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 25 tagged notices on record for Murray.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ9)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Murray; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Kentucky state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (25 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Somerset, NJ 36 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Murray, KY? ▼
Murray, KY has a population of 18,954 people, located in Calloway County, Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Murray? ▼
The median household income in Murray, KY is $44,091 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 24.1%.
What is the median home value in Murray? ▼
The median home value in Murray, KY is $195,000. Median rent is $870/month.
What are the top health concerns in Murray? ▼
The top health indicators in Murray include Short Sleep Duration (40.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Murray? ▼
Murray has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Murray? ▼
The median age in Murray, KY is 25.8 years. 36.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Murray, both outside Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KY (24.1% here).

Muskogee, OK 24.1% Zanesville, OH 24.1% McFarland, CA 24.1% Bainbridge, GA 24.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KY ($44,091 here).

Reading, PA $44,091 Cleveland, MS $44,074 Ashtabula, OH $44,120 Harrison, AR $44,056

Compare Murray with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Murray's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Murray area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Murray against Kentucky peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kentucky

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Calloway County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.