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Population (year 2000): 592. Estimated
population in July 2005: 636 (+7.4% change)
Males: 277 (46.8%), Females: 315 (53.2%)
Henderson County
Zip code:
75778
Median resident age: 35.0 years
Median household income: $33,281 (year 2000)
Median house value: $56,900 (year 2000)
Races in Murchison:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.6%)
- Hispanic (6.1%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (23.5%), Irish
(14.9%), English (12.3%), German (10.5%), Dutch (2.5%),
Norwegian (2.4%).
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Murchison
- High school or higher: 73.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 2.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Murchison city
- Never married: 19.4%
- Now married: 56.1%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 6.6%
- Divorced: 15.0%
5.2% Foreign born (4.1% Latin America, 0.8%
North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +82 (+16.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Murchison:
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS (about 10 miles;
ATHENS, TX)
- COZBY GERMANY HOSPIAL (about 27 miles; GRAND SALINE,
TX)
- EAST TEXAS MED CTR REHAB HOSP (about 33 miles;
TYLER, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Murchison:
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 26 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- EAST TEXAS RGNL (about 74 miles; LONGVIEW, TX; ID:
GGG)
- DALLAS LOVE FIELD (about 85 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID:
DAL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Murchison:
- ATHENS MUNI (about 10 miles; ATHENS, TX; ID: F44)
- CANTON-HACKNEY (about 22 miles; CANTON, TX; ID: 7F5)
- WILLS POINT MUNI (about 31 miles; WILLS POINT, TX;
ID: 76F)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Murchison:
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 10 miles;
ATHENS, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,858)
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 30 miles; TYLER, TX; FT
enrollment: 5,872)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 33 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 50 miles; CORSICANA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,842)
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 62 miles; KILGORE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,814)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 67 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,998)
- EASTFIELD COLLEGE (about 72 miles; MESQUITE, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,457)
Public primary/middle school in Murchison:
- MURCHISON EL (Students: 166; Location: 9661 E
BANKHEAD ST; Grades: PK - 08)
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