Fuquay-Varina vs Morrisville

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

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

Fuquay-Varina has the higher population (37,749 vs 30,471 in Morrisville). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($125,404 vs $111,447 in Fuquay-Varina). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $410,600 in Fuquay-Varina).

Population, income & housing

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
Population	37,749	30,471
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,447	$125,404
Median home value	$410,600	$481,800
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,785
Housing units	14,124	12,735
Homeownership rate	74.4%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
Population	27,426 → 37,749 (+37.6%)	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $111,447 (+41.1%)	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$255,900 → $410,600 (+60.5%)	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,646 (+41.9%)	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)

Fuquay-Varina

Population

27,42637,749

Median household income

$79,000$111,447

Median home value

$255,900$410,600

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,646

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)

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	20.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	19.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	3.3%
75 and over	4.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	35.1%
Black or African American	15.2%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	41.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	15.0%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
Drove alone	64.5%	57.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.4%	34.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
1-unit, detached	80.4%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	18.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Fuquay-Varina	Morrisville
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	2010	2006