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Murphysboro city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Murphysboro city is a Census city of 6,735 people across 5.25 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $44,154, 49.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $400,100.
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Murphysboro
What Murphysboro is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.25 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,283
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murphysboro
How many people live in Murphysboro
- Population6,735
- Median age39.5
- Population under 181,367 plus or minus 288
- Share under 1820.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over1,462
- Share 65 and over21.7 percent
- Households3,373
- Family households1,490
- Share of households that are families44.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murphysboro
Income and work in Murphysboro
- Median household income$44,154
- Per capita income$29,101
- Civilian labor force3,212
- Employed3,021
- Unemployed191 plus or minus 88
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over4,671
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murphysboro
Housing in Murphysboro
- Housing units4,021
- Occupied units3,373
- Vacant units648 plus or minus 185
- Vacancy rate16.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied1,681
- Renter occupied1,692
- Ownership rate49.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$85,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$697 plus or minus $187
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Single family units2,667
- Share single family66.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,192 plus or minus 329
- Share in buildings of two or more29.6 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes162 plus or minus 106
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murphysboro
How Murphysboro gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,510
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,115 plus or minus 307
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.4 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more530 plus or minus 165
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Drove alone77.6 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home13.4 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murphysboro
SBA loans in Murphysboro (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$400,100
- Average approval$100,025
- Median approval$122,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$233,100
- Largest approval$233,100
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval1.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Murphysboro
SBA loans in Murphysboro (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,010,000
- Average approval$336,667
- Median approval$253,000
- Largest approval$642,000
- Jobs supported24
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Murphysboro
Flood risk in Murphysboro
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170302
- Currently effective map date05/02/08
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Jackson County, not Murphysboro
Jackson County context, not Murphysboro figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Murphysboro measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County1,196
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County16,485
- Covered employment, Jackson County25,266
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$56,398
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$1,085
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County4
- Of those, single family, Jackson County4
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$3,297,425,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County2.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$40,412
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Murphysboro. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Murphysboro questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Murphysboro, Illinois?
6,735, in 3,373 households. Murphysboro city covers 5.25 square miles of land, which is 1,283 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Murphysboro in?
Jackson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Murphysboro?
$44,154. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $85,900. Median gross rent is $697 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Murphysboro businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $400,100, across 3 lenders, median approval $122,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Murphysboro, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Murphysboro borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Murphysboro. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Murphysboro in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Murphysboro appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170302, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Murphysboro figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Murphysboro.
Is zoning published for Murphysboro?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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