Murphy, Texas

Murphy population, 2020 to 2024

Murphy added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -64. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 302nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Murphy is 1.4 times that size.

Murphy covers 5.70 square miles of land, for 3,703 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Murphy is denser than the typical town.

What county Murphy is in

All of Murphy's residents live in Collin County, which had 1,254,658 residents in 2024. Murphy holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Murphy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Murphy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75094. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Murphy is

The Census internal point of Murphy is at 33.016400, -96.608200. Austin, the capital, is 200.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sachse, TX (33,008 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richardson, TX, 6.5 miles away.

Daylight in Murphy

At 33.02° N, Murphy gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Murphy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Parker, 3.2 miles away, with 6,332 people.