Murtaugh is a tiny city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 121 people and just one neighborhood, Murtaugh is the 142nd largest community in Idaho.
Murtaugh is a blue-collar town, with 56.38% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Murtaugh is a city of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Murtaugh who work in management occupations (14.89%), farm management occupations (12.77%), and sales jobs (8.51%).
In addition, many people in Murtaugh have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
Of important note, Murtaugh is also a city of artists. Murtaugh has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Murtaugh’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Murtaugh telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in Murtaugh is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One downside of living in Murtaugh, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.15 minutes every day commuting to work.
Murtaugh is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Murtaugh citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.89% of adults 25 and older in Murtaugh have a college degree.
The per capita income in Murtaugh in 2022 was $22,757, which is lower middle income relative to Idaho, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,028 for a family of four. However, Murtaugh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Murtaugh is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Murtaugh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Murtaugh residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Murtaugh also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.73% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Murtaugh include English, German, Norwegian, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Murtaugh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 16.2% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Murtaugh are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 52.9% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 16.2% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (28.6%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Murtaugh, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (34.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report English roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.3%), among others. In addition, 14.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.