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Murphy town, North Carolina

People
Population1,604B01003
Population, 2020 census1,608P1
Median age34.5B01002
Under 1820.7%B01001
65 and over21.3%B01001
Households792B11001
Foreign born1.5%B05002
Money
Median household income$37,263B19013
Median family income$83,182B19113
Per capita income$31,278B19301
Poverty rate17.5%B17001
Unemployment rate5.6%B23025
Civilian labor force714B23025
Mean commute (minutes)14.4B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher26.8%B15003
Housing
Housing units955B25001
Owner-occupied46.0%B25003
Renters54.0%B25003
Median home value$250,000B25077
Median gross rent$422B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic78.2%B03002
Black12.2%B03002
Hispanic or Latino4.1%B03002
Asian0.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the county: median household income here is 69% of Cherokee County's ($53,628); poverty 17.5% against 12.4%.

Map

Murphy town: 1,604ZIP 28906: 206 nonprofits, $97,383,980ZIP 28905: 1 nonprofits

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FURP records in Murphy, NC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits207$97,383,980 revenue (latest return)MURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC ($83,088,545)
Nonprofit contractors3$3,158,784 paid by nonprofitsWells & West Inc ($1,891,967)
Colleges and schools1969 enrollmentTri-County Community College (969)
Form D issuers1$555,000 amount soldEagle Park Homes LLC ($555,000)
Political committees2CITIZENS AGAINST COMMUNISM
Form 5500 plan sponsors3841 plansERLANGER WESTERN CAROLINA HOSPITAL (2)
Open Payments recipients58$48,728 industry paymentsCHARLES Stephen WATRAS ($6,004)
Patent and trademark owners2752 patents and marksPak N Go Shipping Centers, Inc. (16)
Federal award recipients829$119,619,003 federal awardsTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ($49,604,397)
State business registrations166SAFE HAVEN OF GAINESVILLE, INC.

Cross-reference: 207 nonprofits for 1,604 residents is 1290.5 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $97,383,980 is $60,713 per resident, 330.0% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1KEVIN SPIEGELBOARD MEMBER, CEO OF ERLANGERMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$2,268,527201960.9x
2LYNN DEJACOBOARD MEMBER, CFO OF ERLANGERMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$1,177,309202431.6x
3WILLIAM JACKSON MDBOARD MEMBER, CEO OF ERLANGERMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$1,107,592202129.7x
4BRENT DAVIS MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEONMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$1,011,194202027.1x
5ROB MALONEYBOARD MEMBER, COO OF ERLANGERMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$851,467202322.9x
6ROBERT BROOKSBOARD MEMBER, COO OF ERLANGERMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$843,394201922.6x
7JEFFREY MARTIN MDUROLOGISTMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$731,293202419.6x
8BRITT TABORBOARD MEMBER, EVP & CFO OF ERLANGERMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$648,249202017.4x
9ERIC CLARKE MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEONMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$641,732202417.2x
10MICHAEL NERNEY MDGENERAL SURGEONMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC$636,647202417.1x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $37,263.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0