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.

Much of the housing in Morrisville has been built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Morrisville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Morrisville, where the median household income 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 very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Morrisville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.22% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Morrisville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Morrisville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 56.85% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

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.