Apex vs Morrisville

A side-by-side comparison of Apex and Morrisville: population, income, housing, and more.

Apex and Morrisville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Apex has the higher population (67,765 vs 30,471 in Morrisville). Apex has the higher median household income ($138,442 vs $125,404 in Morrisville). Apex has the higher median home value ($514,800 vs $481,800 in Morrisville).

Population, income & housing

	Apex	Morrisville
Population	67,765	30,471
Median age	36.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$138,442	$125,404
Median home value	$514,800	$481,800
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,785
Housing units	25,148	12,735
Homeownership rate	75.3%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apex	Morrisville
Population	51,370 → 67,765 (+31.9%)	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$111,435 → $138,442 (+24.2%)	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$327,800 → $514,800 (+57.0%)	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,784 (+29.3%)	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)

Apex

Population

51,37067,765

Median household income

$111,435$138,442

Median home value

$327,800$514,800

Median gross rent

$1,380$1,784

Morrisville

Population

26,28030,471

Median household income

$101,738$125,404

Median home value

$331,800$481,800

Median gross rent

$1,398$1,785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apex	Morrisville
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	20.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	3.3%
75 and over	2.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apex	Morrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	35.1%
Black or African American	8.1%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	16.5%	41.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apex	Morrisville
No high school diploma	2.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apex	Morrisville
Drove alone	58.5%	57.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	32.5%	34.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apex	Morrisville
1-unit, detached	67.6%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	18.5%
20 or more units	7.6%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Apex	Morrisville
Poverty rate	2.6%	4.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	2007	2006