Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Morrisville's standout: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades B−, 664th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The median household earns $100K and 8% of its land is conserved. Its weakest subject is schools: its public schools trail 78% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 93% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register. Morrisville’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Its National Register listings include Summerseat and Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge.
Where Morrisville beats most towns.
Summerseat is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier. Its founding year, 1624, is the earliest of any Pennsylvania town we grade.
Census counts: 266 in 1810, 9,809 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1802 and 3 maps from 1947 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Morrisville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Morrisville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw19 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw32 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw27 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Morrisville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Morrisville.
Morrisville sends many workers across the state line to Trenton and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
2.4 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Williamson Park, 36 acres with 1.1 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Williamson Park | 1.1 mi | 36 |
| 2. Morrisville Riverfront Preserve | 0.4 mi | 6 |
| 3. Delaware Canal State Park | 0.1 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Morrisville Borough SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Morrisville HS, with 405 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 220 | – |
| Morrisville HSLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 405 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The median property tax bill is $5,875, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Morrisville home is worth about $447,000, up 3% in a year, 56% above the Pennsylvania typical home. 65% of Morrisville households own their home, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (78%) and U.S. towns (73%).
| Morrisville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,044 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
29% of working residents cross a state line to work, Trenton among the top destinations. Morrisville has 1,251 jobs for its 4,480 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Morrisville for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Morrisville fell to 1,251 in 2023, 423 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Philadelphia (11%), Falls Township (7%) and Trenton (5%).
| Morrisville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $100,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Morrisville beats the Pennsylvania average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of adults have high blood pressure in Morrisville.
| Morrisville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Morrisville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.8% | 7.7% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.3% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 30.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 88% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
Morrisville’s property crime rate is 18.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Morrisville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.5 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Morrisville has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Morrisville is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $357 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1978, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Morrisville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 16% of residents (20% statewide). 39% of Morrisville adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Morrisville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 40 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Morrisville | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
11 within 15 miles of the center of Morrisville
About 5 of every 100 Morrisville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
8,728 counted in 2010 and 9,809 in 2020; an estimated 9,665 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
3 places in Morrisville on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Morrisville.
Borough in Pennsylvania, United States
Morrisville (, locally: [ˈmɑɹz-]) is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just below the falls of the Delaware River opposite Trenton, New Jersey. The population was 9,809 in the 2020 census. Morrisville is located 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Philadelphia and 46 miles (74 km) southeast of Allentown.
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3 towns share a border with Morrisville.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisville | #664 | B− | B | C | C− | B+ |
| Falls Township | #371 | A− | C− | B− | A | A− |
| Lower Makefield Township | #155 | A | D | A | A | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Morrisville grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #664 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, C for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 4.9 years of the area's median household income ($91,289 across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
6 notable people were born here, including Asher Roth and Charles Tart.
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