Livability Score

54
/100
i The AreaVibes Livability Score evaluates 9 different categories and creates an overall score out of 100. The higher the score, the better the area.

amenities F

There are not many amenities close to this location.
Coffee (0) F
Entertainment (4) F
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Attraction
Douglass School Art Place
Theatre Arts
ps
Attraction
ps
Attraction
Food and Drink (2) F
Hardee's
Fast Food
The Old Rome
Bar
Fitness (1) F
Bridgewood Community Center
Community Centre
Groceries (1) F
Walmart Supercenter
Grocery Store
Parks (13) A+
Parkview Park
Park
Town Square
Park
Town Center Park
Park
Longfellow Park
Park
Riverside Park
Park
Lake Murphysboro State Park
Park
Shops (1) F
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commute F

Of all people who commute, 0.0% take public transportation in Murphysboro.
Public Transit Stops (0)
Stops & Stations
F
Workers Taking Public Transit
0.0%
F
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cost of living A+

The cost of living in Murphysboro is 80/100 - which is 17% lower than Illinois.
Cost of Living
Goods & Services, Housing, etc.
A+
Tax Rates
Income & Sales Tax
D+
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crime F

Murphysboro crime rates are 3,327 per 100k, which is 69% higher than Illinois
Property Crime
2,854 crimes per 100k
F
Violent Crime
473 crimes per 100k
D-
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employment F

The median income in Murphysboro is $37,929 - which is 36% lower than Illinois.
Med. Household Income
$37,929
F
Unemployment Rate
5.1%
F
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health F

There are not many hospitals, police and fire stations,
Health & Safety (1)
Dentist, Doctor, Hospital, etc.
F
Saint Joseph Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Air Quality
Median Air Quality
B-
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housing A-

Murphysboro home prices are $69,900 - which is 60% lower than Illinois
Home Price
$69,900
F
Home Appreciation Rate
-5%
D+
Home Affordability
1.8x (home price to income ratio)
A+
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schools F

The Murphysboro graduation rate is 77% - which is 10% lower than Illinois
School Test Scores
19%
F
High School Grad. Rates
77%
D
Elementary Schools (4) C-
St Andrew Catholic School
Carruthers Elementary School
Murphysboro Middle School
Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr
High Schools (2) F
Cope Alternative School
Murphysboro High School
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ratings F

Murphysboro has an overall rating of 20% from 4 reviews.
User Reviews (1)
From AreaVibes
F
User Surveys (3)
From AreaVibes
F
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Murphysboro Area Facts

  • Murphysboro has a Livability Score of 54/100, which is considered poor
  • Murphysboro crime rates are 69% higher than the Illinois average
  • Cost of living in Murphysboro is 17% lower than the Illinois average
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Don't plan on sleeping or relaxing. Ever. 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Nov 15, 2018) I'm doing some work at a local hospital and decided to take out a year-long lease nearby. Before leasing, I'd done a lot of research--calling owners to ask about noise, safety... I was too trusting. From out of state, I heard from owners that Murphysboro, IL is quaint, quiet, and ...Read More peaceful. I'd done a year rotation just before in a neighboring state with railroad tracks running through/around town. After 16 hour days, I desperately needed sleep but the train horns were so loud not even 3M Peltor safety earmuffs could drown out the sound. So I was very sure to ask about trains in/near Murphysboro. "No problem at all! You'll never hear them." The very same lie the property owners in Missouri had told me.There are, I've learned, FOUR major train lines running through Murphysboro. They blare their horns--not in the FRA required 1-long-and-2-short pattern--but incessantly. The engineers Lay. On. The. Horns. for minutes at a time. And the trains come through multiple times an hour. They don't stop at night. Nor on holidays. It's every single day-- blood-curdling horns. But no property owner will tell you this. Nor did I see the characteristic rail symbols when I did a Google maps search of the address. If I had, I never would have accepted this clinical assignment. I'm no good to patients if I can't get any sleep.And in between the train horns you've got emergency vehicle sirens. Every day. There must be 10 people living in Murphysboro, but there's a need for sirens blaring through town at 2AM... Oh, and whenever the sun is out and it's over 35-Fahrenheit outside, every motorcycle with extra loud pipes in the state comes to Murphysboro to rev up and down, not main streets, but small, "quaint," residential streets. From 6AM 'til after midnight. And to make sure you're watching them, they'll often just stop in the middle of your tiny residential road to rev their pipes extra loud and extra long. For upwards of a half-hour. Just to make sure you know they're there. You've seen that South Park episode... Well, these are those guys.Then there are the cars with the thud-thud-thud super stereos. I learned my first day at work here that Murphysboro is the home of the loud car. People here are proud of how noisy their vehicles are--loud music and extra-loud custom exhausts. All frickin' day and night long, even if you're living on a small residential street.If it weren't for my job contract, I'd leave and break my lease, even if I had to pay for the remaining months of the year. Nothing else about a community matters when you can't get to sleep and on your day off you can't even sit in your living room and read a book or do online research even with industrial strength hearing protectors on. And no, I'm not extra-sensitive. My home condo is in Downtown Seattle, a major US metropolis. But we don't have a fascination with super loud motorcycles or cars/trucks, and we don't have trains screaming bloody murder through the region for minutes at a time every 10-minutes.Murphysboro, IL exhibits the worst combination of none of the attractions of a modern city/urban community and more than all the noise of a very large city. Can't wait to put this bad memory behind me. Google the proven medical effects of noise pollution on human physiology. US and international health experts now recognize chronic, unabated noise pollution as a significant health threat--even for those who claim the noise doesn't bother them (like smokers may claim cigarette smoke doesn't bother them--though it still negatively impacts their physiology). Chronic, uncontrollable noise is a documented public health threat. And Murphysboro, IL has it in spades. Read Less
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      F Amenities

      Are there many local amenities in Murphysboro? Well, there are not many amenities close to this location.

      Parks

      Parkview Park
      Town Square
      Town Center Park
      Longfellow Park
      Riverside Park
      Lake Murphysboro State Park

      Entertainment

      ps
      Douglass School Art Place
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      Food & Drink

      Hardee's
      The Old Rome

      F Commute

      Is public transit available in Murphysboro? Of all people who commute, 0.0% take public transportation in Murphysboro.
      Drive to Work
      80%

      3% higher than the US average

      Take Public Transit
      0%

      5% lower than the US average

      Walk to Work
      1%

      2% lower than the US average

      D+ Health & Safety

      Is Murphysboro a healthy and safe place to live? Yes, there are some hospitals, police and fire stations.

      Hospitals

      Saint Joseph Memorial Hospital

      Pharmacies

      Doctors