Morrisville is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 10,083 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Morrisville is the 95th largest community in North Carolina.

There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Morrisville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Morrisville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Morrisville's real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. The town does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income in Morrisville is $62,056.

Morrisville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Morrisville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morrisville who work in management occupations (16.02%), computer science and math (14.87%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.57%).

Also of interest is that Morrisville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Morrisville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Morrisville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.22% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Morrisville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Morrisville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Morrisville is a pretty powerful place. 56.85% of the adults in Morrisville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Morrisville in 2000 was $33,607, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,428 for a family of four. However, Morrisville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Morrisville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Morrisville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Morrisville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Morrisville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Morrisville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.