Garner vs Morrisville

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

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

Garner has the higher population (32,543 vs 30,471 in Morrisville). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($125,404 vs $77,496 in Garner). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $320,300 in Garner).

Population, income & housing

	Garner	Morrisville
Population	32,543	30,471
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,496	$125,404
Median home value	$320,300	$481,800
Median gross rent	$1,452	$1,785
Housing units	13,961	12,735
Homeownership rate	64.8%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garner	Morrisville
Population	29,462 → 32,543 (+10.5%)	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$65,064 → $77,496 (+19.1%)	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $320,300 (+68.6%)	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,452 (+29.4%)	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)

Garner

Population

29,46232,543

Median household income

$65,064$77,496

Median home value

$190,000$320,300

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,452

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)

	Garner	Morrisville
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	20.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	3.3%
75 and over	6.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garner	Morrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	35.1%
Black or African American	25.9%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	41.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garner	Morrisville
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garner	Morrisville
Drove alone	71.2%	57.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.6%	34.0%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garner	Morrisville
1-unit, detached	65.9%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	18.5%
20 or more units	11.9%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Garner	Morrisville
Poverty rate	7.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	2000	2006