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Morrisville, NC

30,471 Population
9.2 square miles 3,323.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$56,378 ±$3,202 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $49,462 ±$517
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$125,404 ±$9,380 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $96,066 ±$1,180
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.8% ±1.5% (1,465  ±462) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 121,749 (±0.4% / ±5,784)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.3 minutes ±2.9 (228,730  ±22,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.9 15,382,645 (±0.2 / ±199,852)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

11,492 ±539 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 555,371 ±2,098
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.1 (30,454  ±90) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,425,138 (±0 / ±264)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.2% ±1.7% (368  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.1% 18,954 (±0.4% / ±1,468)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

12,735 ±510 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 601,103 ±233
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$481,800 ±$29,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $381,000 ±$3,041
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

24% ±3.7% (7,231  ±1,102.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 14.3% 205,709 (±0.5% / ±7,068.6)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

98% ±5.1% (20,471  ±1,234.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 92.9% 913,703 (±0.8% / ±8,178.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
73.9% ±4.2% (15,440  ±986.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 50.2% 493,829 (±0.6% / ±5,677.8)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

35.3% ±3.1% (10,747  ±945) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.1% 190,438
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.8% ±1.5% (890  ±354) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6.2% 68,663 (±0.2% / ±2,244)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
890 Total veterans ±354 827 Male ±348 63 Female ±61

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