Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Morrisville are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 39% of workers, next to 16% for North Carolina as a whole. 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.0% across North Carolina. The two grades for Morrisville are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Morrisville
Home offices are common in Morrisville
39% of Morrisville workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Time on the road ↓
Morrisville is where the jobs are
Morrisville has 33,479 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 52,000 people are in town, 59% more than the 32,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Morrisville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Morrisville went from 18,243 in 2013 to 33,479 in 2023, +84%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Morrisville works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Morrisville: Durham (18%) and Cary (14%). Next door ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
77% of Morrisville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 74% of the jobs based in Morrisville. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Morrisville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morrisville is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #8 of 290 in North Carolina. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morrisville could be anywhere from A to A+.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Morrisville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morrisville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,754 commuters (the 39% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Morrisville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 13,222 residents head out to work, 1,041 work right here, and 32,438 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52,000 people are in Morrisville on a workday afternoon, 59% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
74% of the jobs in Morrisville pay over $3,333 a month
33,479 jobs are based in Morrisville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morrisville, 2013 → 2023: 18,243 → 33,479. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morrisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Morrisville: where workers come from
Where Morrisville clocks in
19% of workers
18% of workers
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Morrisville’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Morrisville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morrisville is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #97 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,636 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Morrisville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Morrisville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Morrisville is 101st of 1,283 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 63 | Matthews NC | 32,769 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A+ |
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| 99 | Lower Macungie Township PA | 33,507 | $125K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 100 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 101 | Morrisville NC | 32,466 | $125K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 102 | Westerville OH | 38,165 | $109K | 5.6% | 2.2% | 11% | A+ |
| 103 | Kaysville UT | 33,307 | $133K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 148 | Cornelius NC | 35,094 | $114K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 10% | A |
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| 294 | Knightdale NC | 23,144 | $103K | 5.3% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Morrisville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
32% of Morrisville works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Durham (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morrisville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisville | – | A+ | B | 22 min | $125,396 |
| Cary | 14% | A | B+ | 23 min | $134,905 |
| Durham | 18% | B+ | A | 22 min | $81,619 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morrisville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Morrisville: questions
What is the median household income in Morrisville?
$125,396 (±$12,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morrisville?
3.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morrisville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morrisville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raleigh (19%, 11 mi), Durham (18%, 10 mi), Cary (14%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morrisville walkable?
Morrisville is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morrisville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morrisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morrisville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.